Roulettenburg ya Dostoevsky
The Gambler (1866): buku labwino kwambiri lonena za roulette, lolembedwa ndi munthu amene ankataya pa iyo, m’masiku makumi awiri mphambu asanu ndi limodzi.

Dostoevsky analemba The Gambler ponena mawu kwa wolemba kuti alipire ngongole zimene anapanga pa matebulo a ku Wiesbaden ndi Homburg. Wofotokoza wake Alexei amafotokoza kasino ya m’tauni ya akasupe, madongosolo, kutsimikiza kuti kutsatizana kuyenera kutha ndi mmene kupambana kumamvekera ngati kuzindikira, molondola kumene palibe katswiri wa masamu amene wakuposa.
Mmene zinthu zinalili
Mu 1866 Dostoevsky anali ndi ngongole kwa wofalitsa ya buku la nkhani pofika 1 Novembala kapena kutaya ufulu wa mabuku ake kwa zaka zisanu ndi zinayi. Anali atataya kwambiri pa roulette m’matauni a akasupe a ku Germany mu 1863 ndi 1865, kuika chikole katundu wake ndi zodzikongoletsera za mkazi wake. Analemba ntchito wolemba wa shorthand, Anna Snitkina, ndipo ananena The Gambler pakati pa 4 ndi 29 Okutobala, kumaliza kutatsala masiku angapo. Anakwatira Anna chaka chotsatira. Anapitiriza kutchova juga mpaka 1871, kenako anasiya kwathunthu.
Roulettenburg
Tauniyo ndi Wiesbaden, Homburg ndi Baden-Baden zophatikizidwa: Kurhaus, msewu woyendamo, banja la ku Russia lokhala ndi moyo wa ngongole podikira agogo aakazi kuti amwalire. Zochitika za ku kasino ndi zolondola. Alexei amafotokoza zolankhula za ma croupieranthuCroupierDealer wa pa tebulo la roulette.Werengani yonse →, dongosolo la mabetchazipangizoDongosolo la mabetchaGridi yosindikizidwa yobetchera pa tebulo. Imatchedwanso: tebulo, felt, nsalu.Werengani yonse →, ndalama zobetcha, khamu la anthu pa tebulo, “madongosolo” amene osewera amatsatira ndi mabuku olembamo, ndi mmene osewera amalankhulira za manambala ngati kuti ali ndi zolinga. Tsatanetsatane aliyense akugwirizana ndi masamba a roulette pa tsamba ili; bukuli ndi gwero lalikulu.
Agogo aakazi
Chochitika chachikulu cha bukuli: Antonida Vasilievna, agogo aakazi olemera amene banja likuyembekezera imfa yawo, akufika ku Roulettenburg pa mpando wonyamulidwa, akukankhidwira ku matebulo, akubetcha pa zirogudumuZiroKabowo kamodzi kobiriwira kamene betcha la even-money, dazeni kapena mzati siliphimba; gwero la phindu la kasino. Imatchedwanso: ziro imodzi, 0.Werengani yonse → chifukwa anauzidwa kuti imalipira 35 ku 1, ndipo ikutuluka. Akubetchanso pa ziro. Ndiponso. M’masiku awiri ataya chuma chawo chochuluka, akuumirira ziro, otsimikiza kuti iyenera kutuluka, pamene achibale awo akuona cholowa chawo chikudutsa pa tebulo straight upbetchaStraight upNambala imodzi, amalipira 35:1.Werengani yonse → imodzi pambuyo pa inzake. Ndiyo nkhani yopeka yabwino kwambiri ya zimene betcha la 1/37 limachita kwa munthu amene waliona likupambana kamodzi.

Kupambana kwa Alexei
Chakumapeto kwa bukuli Alexei akupambana ma franc zikwi mazana awiri usiku umodzi, makamaka pa zofiirabetchaZofiiraBetcha la even-money pa manambala 18 ofiira. Mu Chifalansa: rouge.Werengani yonse → ndi pa ma straight up, m’mabetcha otsatizana ofotokozedwa kuzungulira ndi kuzungulira. Akumva, panthawiyo, kuti wamvetsa kanthu kena: kuti angalamulire gudumu ndi mphamvu ya kufuna kwake. Kupambanako kukugwiritsidwa ntchito ndi kutha m’masamba ochepa. Bukuli limamvetsa kuti kupambanako kunali chinthu choipa kwambiri chimene chikanamuchitikira, ndipo ndi maganizo a madokotala zaka zana zipatala zisanakhaleko.
Ulendo woyamba ku matauni a akasupe; akupambana, kenako akutaya kwambiri ku Wiesbaden.
Wiesbaden kachiwiri; akutaya chilichonse; akulemba makalata opempha; Crime and Punishment ikulembedwa pang’ono ali m’mkhalidwe umenewu.
Akunena The Gambler m’masiku 26 kuti akwaniritse pangano.
Akukwatira Anna Snitkina; akupita kunja; akutchova juga ku Homburg, Baden-Baden ndi Saxon-les-Bains, akutaya mobwerezabwereza.
Kutchova juga komaliza kolembedwa, ku Wiesbaden. Akulembera Anna kuti zatha. Zinathadi.
Makasino a ku Germany akutsekedwa. The Gambler ikukhalitsa kuposa matebulo amene ikufotokoza.
Chifukwa chiyani ndilo buku labwino kwambiri la roulette
Chifukwa silifotokoza kanthu ndipo limalongosola chilichonse molondola. Masamba a masamu pa tsamba ili amanena kuti kuzungulira kulikonse kumadziyimira payokha, kuti madongosolo amasintha mawonekedwe a magawo a masewera osati zoyembekezeka, kuti kupambana ndi kusinthasinthamasamuKusinthasinthaMuyeso wa kufalikira kwa zotsatira kuzungulira mtengo woyembekezeka. Kwakukulu pa straight up, kochepa pa mabetcha a even-money.Werengani yonse → ndipo kumamveka ngati luso. Dostoevsky akusonyeza munthu wokhulupirira zosiyana ndi chilichonse mwa zimenezo, motsatizana, kuchokera mkati, ndipo akupangitsa wowerenga kumva chikhulupirirocho. Masamu amakuuzani chimene chili choona; buku la nkhani limakuuzani chifukwa chake zimenezo sizokwanira.
Mafunso
Ankakhulupirira kudekha: kuti wosewera wodekha sangataye. Ndicho chinyengo chakuti mukulamulira, ndipo anachifotokoza bwino kuposa wina aliyense pamene anali nacho.
Yophatikiza. Wiesbaden ndiyo chitsanzo chachikulu.
Lalifupi: madzulo aatali. Liwerengeni gawo lanu la masewera lotsatira lisanafike, osati pambuyo pake.
Nthabwala yopumitsa

Anafotokoza chinyengo cha maganizo mwangwiro pamene ankachikhulupirira. Ndilo buku lonse.
Magwero
- Dostoevsky, F. The Gambler.
- Frank, J. Dostoevsky: The Miraculous Years, 1865–1871.
- Kavanagh, T. M. Dice, Cards, Wheels: A Different History of French Culture.