The Gambler

One of Dostoevsky\' s shorter novels, \" The Gambler\" reflects the author\' s own difficult and prolonged battles with gambling as one of his major addictions.It is the story of a young man with aspirations to see and go beyond the established order, but in reality only gets stuck deeper and deeper into addiction and degradation. Dostoevsky does a great job in painting the psychological portrait of the protagonist, Alexey, who is having difficulties finding meaning in life and himself.