I-Roulettenburg ya-Dostoevsky
The Gambler (1866): incwadzi lencono kakhulu nge-roulette, leyabhalwa yindvodza lebeyilahlekelwa kuyo, ngetinsuku letingemashumi lamabili nesitfupha.

Dostoevsky wabhalisa i-The Gambler kutsi akhokhe tikweleti latitsatsa ematafuleni aseWiesbaden naseHomburg. Umlandzisi wayo Alexei uchaza likhasino lendzawo yemanti lashisako, tinhlelo, kuciniseka kwekutsi luchungechunge kufanele luphele, kanye nemiva yekuwina shengatsi kukucondza, ngekunemba lokute sati setibalo lesikwengcile.
Simo
Nga-1866 Dostoevsky bekakweleta umshicileli inoveli lekufanele ibe khona nga-1 Lweti, nobe alahlekelwe malungelo emisebenti yakhe iminyaka lesiyimfica. Bekalahlekelwe kakhulu ku-roulette etindzaweni temanti lashisako taseJalimane nga-1863 na-1865, abambisa timphahla takhe kanye nebucathulwa bemfati wakhe. Wacasha umbhali wesitenogirafi, Anna Snitkina, wabhalisa i-The Gambler emkhatsini wa-4 na-29 Imphala, wacedza kusasele tinsuku. Washada na-Anna ngemnyaka lolandzelako. Wachubeka nekugembula kwaze kwaba nga-1871, wase uyayekela ngalokuphelele.
Roulettenburg
Lelidolobha liyiWiesbaden, iHomburg kanye neBaden-Baden kuhlanganiswe: i-Kurhaus, indlela yekuhamba, umndeni waseRashiya lophila ngesikweleti ulindzele kutsi gogo afe. Tigcabho telikhasino tinembile. Alexei uchaza kumemeta kwema-croupierbantfuI-croupierUmsebenti lophatse litafula le-roulette.Fundza konkhe →, lithebula lekubhejatinsitaLithebula lekubhejaLithebula lekubheja leliphrintiwe etafuleni. Lamanye emagama: litafula, i-felt, indvwangu.Fundza konkhe →, emanani labhejwako, sicumbi setafuleni, “tinhlelo” letilandzelwa badlali labaphatse tincwadzi tekubhala, kanye nendlela badlali labakhuluma ngayo ngetinombolo shengatsi tinetinhloso. Yonkhe imininingwane iyavumelana nemakhasi e-roulette alelisayithi; lencwadzi ingumtfombo wekucala.
Gogo
Sigcabho lesikhulu senoveli: Antonida Vasilievna, gogo locebile lomndeni ulindzele kufa kwakhe, ufika eRoulettenburg esihlalweni lesitsatfwa ngemahlombe, uyagicitelwa ematafuleni, ubheja kulicandzalisondvoLicandzaUmgodzi munye loluhlata longambonjwa kubheja lokulingana nemali, kwelidazini noma kwelikholamu; umtfombo wenzuzo yelikhasino. Kuphindze kutsiwe: licandza linye, 0.Fundza konkhe → ngobe atjeliwe kutsi likhokha 35 ku-1, futsi liyaphuma. Ubheja kulicandza futsi. Aphindze futsi. Etinsukwini letimbili sewulahlekelwe yincenye lenkhulu yemcebo wakhe, aphikelela kulicandza, aciniseka kutsi kufanele liphume, ngesikhatsi tihlobo takhe tibuka lifa labo lidlula etafuleni i-straight upkubhejaI-straight upInombolo yinye, kukhokha 35:1.Fundza konkhe → yinye ngesikhatsi. Kuyindzaba lencono kakhulu lecanjiwe yaloko lokwentiwa kubheja kwa-1/37 kumuntfu lobone kuphuma kanye.

Kuwina kwa-Alexei
Ngasekupheleni kwencwadzi Alexei uwina emafranc langemakhulu lamabili etinkhulungwane ngebusuku bunye, ikakhulu kulokubovukubhejaBovuKubheja lokulingana nemali etinombolweni letingu-18 letibovu. NgesiFulentji: rouge.Fundza konkhe → nakuma-straight up, ngeluchungechunge lwekubheja lolulandzisiwe kujikeleta ngekujikeleta. Uva, ngaleso sikhatsi, kutsi kukhona lakucondzile: kutsi angalilawula lisondvo ngentsandvo yakhe. Lokuwinile kuyasetjentiswa kuphele emakhasini lambalwa. Lencwadzi iyacondza kutsi kuwina bekuyintfo lembi kakhulu lebeyingenteka kuye, lokungumbono wetemphilo likhulu leminyaka ngaphambi kwekutsi kube nemtfolamphilo.
Luhambo lwekucala luya etindzaweni temanti lashisako; uyawina, bese ulahlekelwa kakhulu eWiesbaden.
EWiesbaden futsi; ulahlekelwa yonkhe intfo; ubhala tincwadzi tekuncenga; i-Crime and Punishment ibhalwa ngalokuncane aseseleso simo.
Ubhalisa i-The Gambler ngetinsuku letingu-26 kute agcwalise sivumelwano.
Ushada na-Anna Snitkina; baya phesheya; ugembula eHomburg, eBaden-Baden naseSaxon-les-Bains, alahlekelwa kanyenti.
Kugembula kwekugcina lokubhaliwe, eWiesbaden. Ubhalela Anna kutsi sekuphelile. Kunjalo.
Emakhasino aseJalimane ayavalwa. I-The Gambler iphila sikhatsi lesidze kunematafula leyawachazako.
Kungani iyincwadzi lencono kakhulu nge-roulette
Ngobe ayichazi lutfo kodvwa iyakuveta konkhe kahle. Emakhasi etibalo kulelisayithi atsi kujikeleta kutimele, kutsi tinhlelo tishintja tiseshini hhayi lokulindzelekile, kutsi kuwina kugucugucukatibaloKugucugucukaSilinganiso sekutsi imiphumela isabalele kangakanani etungeleta linani lelilindzelekile. Kukhulu ku-straight up, kuncane ekubhejeni lokulingana nemali.Fundza konkhe → kodvwa kuva shengatsi likhono. Dostoevsky ukhombisa indvodza lekholelwa lokuphambene nako konkhe loku, ngekulandzelana, isekhatsi, futsi wenta umfundzi ave leyonkholelo. Tibalo tikutjela loko lokuliciniso; inoveli ikutjela kutsi kungani loko kunganeli.
Imibuto
Bekakholelwa ekutibambeni: kutsi umdlali lophole angeke alahlekelwe. Yinkhohliso yekulawula, futsi wayichaza kancono kunanobe ngubani ngesikhatsi asayikholelwa.
Ihlanganisiwe. IWiesbaden ngiyo sibonelo lesikhulu.
Imfisha: kusihlwa lokudze. Yifundze ngaphambi kweseshini yakho lelandzelako, hhayi ngemuva kwayo.
Lokuhlekisako

Walichaza kahle kakhulu liphutsa ngesikhatsi asalikholelwa. Leyo yincwadzi.
Imitfombo
- Dostoevsky, F. The Gambler.
- Frank, J. Dostoevsky: The Miraculous Years, 1865–1871.
- Kavanagh, T. M. Dice, Cards, Wheels: A Different History of French Culture.