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Only dostoevsky could write a book about gambling to get out of his irl gambling debts

This is the only dostoevsky my dad could find to lend me, am moderately enjoying it but it mostly makes me want to read the better ones

Dostoyevsky plumbs the levels of human despair like no other... uniquely Russian in its level of grim comedy

Dostoyevsky famously wrote this book in the space of a few months to pay off his extreme gambling debts. The way he discusses the allure of the roulette table is engrossing

Oh my god I fucking love this book so much and Alexel Ivanovich is so me fr

Re: Bobok, check out Wikipedia.
“Bobok” is a nonsensical word used by one of the dead. The story highlights many of the themes Dostoyevsky developed in his famous works. He uses Ancient Greek Menippean satire used to attack mental attitudes instead of specific individuals

the gambler - 3.5

The main character is a Russian statesman, but he can’t afford a house. He sees his employee getting married in a big house (which he inherited from his wife) so he decides to crash the wedding and give him an extra 10 roubles as a “gift”.

The main character is a Russian statesman, but he can’t afford a house. He sees his employee getting married in a big house (which he inherited from his wife) so he decides to crash the wedding and give him an extra 10 roubles as a “gift”.

Nasty Story

my beloved Dostoyevsky

Yesterday a friend called. 'Your style's changing,' he said. 'It's a regular hash. You mince it finer and finer--you have a parenthesis, and a parenthesis inside that, and then you stick in something else in brackets, and then you go on mincing it again..."

She always had a merry laugh, and sometimes even a genuine one.

socially awkward Russians of the 19th century

The Gambler 5/5

one chapter left in the Gambler and I am sad to be so nearly finished

Alexis is such a scoundrel... and my new best friend!

fear and loathing in Roulettenburg