{"product_id":"the-house-of-the-dead-the-gambler-fyodor-dostoevsky","title":"The House of The Dead \u0026 The Gambler; Fyodor Dostoevsky","description":"\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: New\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hb-content hb-content-book-detail\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hb-content-text hb-content-text-book-detail\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDostoevsky's fascination for mental breakdown and violence (20 murders in his four main novels) was based on his own life, and these two unmistakably autobiographical works bear this out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe House of the Dead\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis fiction, but based on his four years in a Siberian prison. An educated upper-class man is condemned to live among criminals and brutal guards, with arbitrary punishments, lousy food, disgusting living conditions, hard toil and many floggings. Somehow he avoids bitterness and recrimination; faith in humanity survives. With its breadth of characterisation, acute sense of detail and strong narrative interest, this work can still shock, entertain and inspire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Gambler\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ewe see the Russian community in a German spa town. Drawn to the casino, Alexey becomes obsessed with roulette. In a gripping story, full of psychological interest, his growing mania eclipses even his interest in Polina, a heroine of demonic and vibrant sexuality. Dostoevsky himself was rescued from a similar gambling obsession by the young stenographer who took down this work at his dictation and married him soon afterwards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hb-content hb-content-book-detail\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hb-content-text hb-content-text-book-detail\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hb-content-text hb-content-text-book-detail\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hb-content hb-content-book-detail\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hb-content-text hb-content-text-book-detail\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hb-content hb-content-book-detail\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hb-content-text hb-content-text-book-detail\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hb-content hb-content-book-detail\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hb-content-text hb-content-text-book-detail\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"item-info\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-height=\"230\" class=\"item-excerpt trunc\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"item-tools\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"checkout-tools\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"price-info-wrap\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Secret Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32211593789510,"sku":"1845","price":5.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0275\/8921\/4278\/products\/TheHouseofTheDead_TheGambler_FyodorDostoevsky.jpg?v=1605775936","url":"https:\/\/www.thesecretbookstore.live\/products\/the-house-of-the-dead-the-gambler-fyodor-dostoevsky","provider":"The Secret Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}