Найти книгу: "The Gambler"

A compulsive gambler himself at a certain period of his life, Dostoyevsky wrote this novel with real authority. Set in the appropriately named Roulettenburg, a German spa with a casino and an international clientele, it concerns the gambling episodes, tangled love affairs, and complicated lives of Alexey Ivanovitch, a young gambler; Polina Alexandrovna, the woman he loves; a pair of French adventurers, and other characters.Although not as dark as some of Dostoyevsky's other works, The Gambler nevertheless offers a grim and psychologically probing picture of the fatal attractions of gambling. Among its strengths are its well-drawn characters — Aunt Antonida, although lightly sketched in, is especially delightful — and its faithful depiction of life among the gambling set in fashionable German watering holes. This edition reprints Constance Garnett's authoritative translation.

About the author: Serik Jumanov – author of novel “You-lia” (2012), his debut work, which had success in Biennale Cinema College script contest in Venice. “Rise of London Gambler” is his second big project.

A riverboat card man, Jake Gannon is about as nogood as they comedespite that good looking hotness that can make a gal's skirts twirl in most unladylike ways.Suspected to be traveling under an assumed name, Jake has a mighty troublesome past, and was last seen in the company of one fiery filly who goes by the name of Ellie Winslow. . . . But Ellie ain't no ordinary looker. No sir, she landed here in 1876 by accident and is looking for her sister. . . and some answers.But first she needs to find a way off this here steamer with a man who fascinates her more every minutea man who's about to teach her just how wild the West can be!

TEMPTING THE PREACHER’S DAUGHTER Plain preacher’s daughter Violet Benson is always the wallflower – until charismatic gambler Cade Foster takes her under his wing. Suddenly the men of Morrow Creek start looking at her with new eyes – and the women with envy – but Violet is only interested in one man: Cade.Agreeing to be his ‘lucky charm’, Violet becomes embroiled in the gambler’s thrilling world. With her newfound confidence Violet’s determined to uncover the secret sorrow behind the eyes that smoulder beneath his Stetson, and prove to this fascinating man that he can take the biggest gamble of all…with his heart.