Poor Folk and the Gambler

Poor Folk and The Gambler is a two-in-one book by the renowned Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. The first part of the book, Poor Folk, is an epistolary novel that follows the correspondence between two impoverished individuals, Makar Devushkin and Varvara Dobroselova. The two characters are deeply in love but unable to marry due to their financial struggles.The second part of the book, The Gambler, is a classic tale of addiction and obsession. It tells the story of Alexei Ivanovich, a tutor who becomes embroiled in a dangerous game of roulette at a German casino. As he becomes increasingly addicted to gambling, he risks losing everything he has, including the love of Polina, the woman he desires.Both stories explore themes of poverty, love, and addiction, and showcase Dostoevsky's masterful storytelling and psychological insights. Poor Folk and The Gambler are considered two of Dostoevsky's most important works, and this edition provides readers with the opportunity to experience both stories in one volume.1915. Two works from Dostoevsky, Russian novelist, who is considered one of the most outstanding and influential writers of modern literature. Poor Folk, written in epistolary form is his first novel. From the Introduction: These two examples of Dostoevsky�������s art are sketches set in widely differing frames. The one concerns a gambler who frequents the fashionable spas and casinos of Germany; the other consists of a series of love-letters exchanged between two poor folk whose lives are spent amid the slums of St. Petersburg. Yet there is this in common between the two sketches-that each of them ends on a note of hinted tragedy. Both the gambler and the pair of sorrowful lovers ask as the curtain falls: Is there any hope for us. Sometimes it is said of Dostoevsky that he could not see the comedy of life as well as he could the tragedy; yet humor abounds in these two works, even as it does in sundry others by the same author. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.