The Gambler's Wife: Love, Risk, and the Woman Who Saved Dostoevsky – Kaufman Andrew D. – Alpina Publisher – 2026 – ISBN 978-5-0063-0375-1
The Gambler's Wife: Love, Risk, and the Woman Who Saved Dostoevsky
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The Gambler's Wife: Love, Risk, and the Woman Who Saved Dostoevsky
19.99 €
She was, as Dostoevsky said, "the only woman who understood him." Finally, readers would have the opportunity to understand.
In the fall of 1866, twenty-year-old stenographer Anna Snitkina applied for a job with the writer she idolized, Fyodor Dostoevsky. Snitkina, who called herself a "girl of the sixties," grew up during the era of Russia's first feminist movement, and Dostoevsky, a renowned radical who became a great writer, impressed her with his works. However, when they met in person, Anna found Fyodor Mikhailovich miserable, broken, exhausted, suffering from epilepsy, and mired in a destructive passion for gambling. Concerned by all this, Anna became his confidante, his first reader and confidante, then his wife and, finally, his business partner.
The Gambler's Wife offers a fresh look at Anna Dostoevskaya's story. Drawing on diaries, letters, and other archival sources, Professor Andrew Kaufman, a lecturer in Slavic languages and Russian literature, tells the story of one of the most turbulent and captivating marriages in literary history.
In the fall of 1866, twenty-year-old stenographer Anna Snitkina applied for a job with the writer she idolized, Fyodor Dostoevsky. Snitkina, who called herself a "girl of the sixties," grew up during the era of Russia's first feminist movement, and Dostoevsky, a renowned radical who became a great writer, impressed her with his works. However, when they met in person, Anna found Fyodor Mikhailovich miserable, broken, exhausted, suffering from epilepsy, and mired in a destructive passion for gambling. Concerned by all this, Anna became his confidante, his first reader and confidante, then his wife and, finally, his business partner.
The Gambler's Wife offers a fresh look at Anna Dostoevskaya's story. Drawing on diaries, letters, and other archival sources, Professor Andrew Kaufman, a lecturer in Slavic languages and Russian literature, tells the story of one of the most turbulent and captivating marriages in literary history.
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