I-Roulettenburg ka-Dostoevsky
The Gambler (1866): incwadi engcono kunazo zonke nge-roulette, eyabhalwa yindoda eyayilahlekelwa kuyo, ezinsukwini ezingamashumi amabili nesithupha.

U-Dostoevsky washo incwadi ethi The Gambler ngomlomo ibhalwa ngumbhali wesifinyezo, ukuze akhokhe izikweletu ayezenze ematafuleni ase-Wiesbaden nase-Homburg. Umxoxi wayo, u-Alexei, uchaza ikhasino yasendaweni yamanzi ashisayo, izinhlelo zokubheja, ukuqiniseka ukuthi uchungechunge kumele luphele kanye nomuzwa wokuthi ukuwina kuwukuqonda okujulile, ngokunemba okungakaze kwenziwe ngcono yinoma yisiphi isazi sezibalo.
Izimo
Ngo-1866 u-Dostoevsky wayekweleta umshicileli inoveli okwakumele ayiqede ngo-1 Novemba, ngaphandle kwalokho wayezolahlekelwa ngamalungelo emisebenzi yakhe iminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye. Wayelahlekelwe kakhulu ku-roulette ezindaweni zamanzi ashisayo zaseJalimane ngo-1863 nango-1865, ebambisa izimpahla zakhe nobucwebe bomkakhe. Waqasha umbhali wesifinyezo, u-Anna Snitkina, futhi wamtshela ngomlomo incwadi ethi The Gambler ukuze ayibhale phakathi kuka-4 no-29 Okthoba, wayiqeda kusele izinsuku ezimbalwa. Washada no-Anna ngonyaka olandelayo. Waqhubeka egembula kwaze kwaba ngu-1871, wabe esayeka ngokuphelele.
I-Roulettenburg
Leli dolobha liyinhlanganisela ye-Wiesbaden, i-Homburg ne-Baden-Baden: i-Kurhaus, indlela yokuzihambela, umndeni waseRussia ophila ngesikweletu ngenkathi ulinde ukuthi ugogo ashone. Izigcawu zasekhasino zinemininingwane eqondile. U-Alexei uchaza ukumemeza kwama-croupierabantuI-croupierUmsebenzi ophethe itafula le-roulette.Funda konke →, ithebula lokubhejaokokusebenzaIthebula lokubhejaIgridi yokubheja ephrintiwe etafuleni. Kubuye kuthiwe: itafula, i-felt, indwangu.Funda konke →, amanani abhejwayo, isixuku etafuleni, “izinhlelo” abadlali abazilandela ngamabhuku okubhala, kanye nendlela abadlali abakhuluma ngayo ngezinombolo sengathi zinezinhloso. Yonke imininingwane ifana namakhasi e-roulette akule sayithi; le ncwadi ingumthombo oyinhloko.
Ugogo
Isigcawu esikhulu sale noveli: u-Antonida Vasilievna, ugogo ocebile umndeni olinde ukufa kwakhe, ufika e-Roulettenburg ehlezi esihlalweni esithwalwayo, ugingqelwa ematafuleni, ubheja eqandeniisondoIqandaIgodi elilodwa eliluhlaza elingambozwa ukubheja okulingana nemali, okwedazini noma okwekholamu; umthombo wenzuzo yekhasino. Kubuye kuthiwe: iqanda elilodwa, 0.Funda konke → ngoba etshelwe ukuthi likhokha u-35 ku-1, futhi liyaphuma. Uphinde abheje eqandeni. Futhi aphinde. Ezinsukwini ezimbili usuke elahlekelwe ingxenye enkulu yengcebo yakhe, ephikelela eqandeni, eqinisekile ukuthi kumele liphume, ngenkathi izihlobo zakhe zibuka ifa lazo lidlula etafuleni i-straight upukubhejaI-straight upInombolo eyodwa, kukhokha u-35:1.Funda konke → eyodwa ngesikhathi. Kuyindaba eqanjiwe engcono kunazo zonke echaza lokho ukubheja kuka-1/37 okwenzayo kumuntu osekubonile kuwina kanye.

Ukuwina kuka-Alexei
Ngasekupheleni kwencwadi u-Alexei uwina amafranki ayizinkulungwane ezingamakhulu amabili ngobusuku obubodwa, ikakhulukazi kokubomvuukubhejaBomvuUkubheja okulingana nemali ezinombolweni eziyi-18 ezibomvu. NgesiFulentshi: rouge.Funda konke → nakuma-straight up, ochungechungeni lokubheja oluchazwa ukujikeleza ngakunye. Uzizwa, ngaleso sikhathi, sengathi uqonde okuthile: ukuthi angalawula isondo ngentando yakhe. Imali ewinile iyasetshenziswa iphele emakhasini ambalwa. Incwadi iyaqonda ukuthi ukuwina kwakuyinto embi kakhulu eyayingamehlela, okuwumbono wezokwelapha ikhulu leminyaka ngaphambi kokuba kube khona umtholampilo.
Uhambo lokuqala oluya ezindaweni zamanzi ashisayo; uyawina, bese elahlekelwa kakhulu e-Wiesbaden.
E-Wiesbaden futhi; ulahlekelwa yikho konke; ubhala izincwadi zokuncenga; incwadi ethi Crime and Punishment ibhalwa ngokwengxenye esesimweni esinjalo.
Usho incwadi ethi The Gambler ngomlomo ibhalwa ngumbhali wesifinyezo ezinsukwini ezingu-26 ukuze afeze inkontileka.
Ushada no-Anna Snitkina; baya phesheya; ugembula e-Homburg, e-Baden-Baden nase-Saxon-les-Bains, elahlekelwa kaningi.
Ukugembula kokugcina okubhaliwe, e-Wiesbaden. Ubhalela u-Anna ukuthi sekuphelile. Futhi kwaphela ngempela.
Amakhasino aseJalimane ayavalwa. I-The Gambler iphila isikhathi eside kunamatafula eyichazayo.
Kungani iyincwadi engcono kunazo zonke nge-roulette
Ngoba ayichazi lutho kodwa ikuthola konke kulungile. Amakhasi ezibalo akule sayithi athi ukujikeleza ngakunye akuncikile kokunye, ukuthi izinhlelo zishintsha iseshini hhayi okulindelekile, ukuthi ukuwina kuwukuguquguqukaizibaloUkuguquguqukaIsilinganiso sokuthi imiphumela ihlakazeke kangakanani ezungeze inani elilindelekile. Kuphezulu ku-straight up, kuphansi ekubhejeni okulingana nemali.Funda konke → kodwa kuzwakala njengekhono. U-Dostoevsky ukhombisa indoda ekholelwa okuphambene nalokho ngakunye, ngokulandelana, kusuka ngaphakathi, futhi enze umfundi azizwe leyo nkolelo. Izibalo zikutshela okuyiqiniso; inoveli ikutshela ukuthi kungani lokho kunganele.
Imibuzo
Wayekholelwa ekuzoleni: ukuthi umdlali ozolile angeke ahlulwe. Leyo yinkohliso yokulawula, futhi wayichaza kangcono kunanoma ubani ngenkathi naye ekholelwa kuyo.
Iyinhlanganisela. I-Wiesbaden iyisibonelo esiyinhloko.
Imfushane: ungayiqeda kusihlwa esisodwa eside. Yifunde ngaphambi kweseshini yakho elandelayo, hhayi ngemuva.
Okokuhlekisa

Walichaza ngokuphelele iphutha ngenkathi ekholelwa kulo. Leyo yincwadi.
Imithombo
- Dostoevsky, F. The Gambler.
- Frank, J. Dostoevsky: The Miraculous Years, 1865–1871.
- Kavanagh, T. M. Dice, Cards, Wheels: A Different History of French Culture.