The Gambler Small Beer Press “The pieces I chose were

“The pieces I chose were those that stuck with me

Carefully documented from a rich lode of family and business correspondence made available for the first time

and for those to whom they are old friends

who sought detente with Germany-might have derailed the war or brought it to a different end

has been left in their trust

The Gambler Small Beer Press “The pieces I chose wereIn this dark and compelling short novel, Fyodor Dostoevsky tells the story of Alexey Ivanovitch, a young tutor working in the household of an imperious Russian general. Alexey tries to break through the wall of the established order in Russia, but instead becomes mired in the endless downward spiral of betting and loss. His intense and inescapable addiction is accentuated by his affair with the Generals cruel yet seductively adept niece, Polina. In