{"product_id":"the-gambler","title":"The Gambler","description":"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.","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"perpetual","offer_id":44457873997921,"sku":"9780486114101","price":1.5,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/9869\/4241\/files\/480_c7287ca2-f4e1-4f0b-aa74-bc4aee4319d5.jpg?v=1778567225","url":"https:\/\/ebooks.aafaqeducation.com\/products\/the-gambler","provider":"ebook.aafaqeducation","version":"1.0","type":"link"}