Fyodor Dostoevsky's classic tale, based on his own gambling addiction (specifically roulette), of Alexei Ivanovich, a young man working for the family of a Russian general. Dostoevsky himself wrote the story as a means of paying off his gambling debts.

Fyodor Dostoevsky's classic tale, based on his own gambling addiction (specifically roulette), of Alexei Ivanovich, a young man working for the family of a Russian general. Dostoevsky himself wrote the story as a means of paying off his gambling debts.