Roulettenburg ya Dostoevsky
The Gambler (1866): igitabo cyiza kurusha ibindi kuri roulette, cyanditswe n'umugabo wari uyitsindwa, mu minsi makumyabiri n'itandatu.

Dostoevsky yavuze The Gambler undi acyandika kugira ngo yishyure imyenda yari yafatiye ku meza y'i Wiesbaden n'i Homburg. Uvuga inkuru, Alexei, asobanura kazino yo mu mujyi w'amazi ashyushye, uburyo bwo gutega, icyizere cy'uko uruhererekane rugomba kurangira n'uko intsinzi yumvikana nk'ubushishozi, ku buryo bunoze nta muhanga mu mibare wigeze anoza kurushaho.
Uko byari bimeze
Mu 1866, Dostoevsky yari afitiye umwanditsi w'ibitabo igitabo cy'inkuru bitarenze ku wa 1 Ugushyingo, bitabaye ibyo agatakaza uburenganzira ku bihangano bye mu myaka icyenda. Yari yaratsinzwe cyane muri roulette mu mijyi y'amazi ashyushye yo mu Budage mu 1863 no mu 1865, atanga ingwate ibintu bye n'imitako y'umugore we. Yahaye akazi umwanditsi wandikaga ibyo avuga, Anna Snitkina, maze avuga The Gambler hagati ya 4 na 29 Ukwakira, arangiza hasigaye iminsi. Yashyingiranywe na Anna umwaka wakurikiyeho. Yakomeje gukina urusimbi kugeza mu 1871, hanyuma arabireka burundu.
Roulettenburg
Uwo mujyi ni Wiesbaden, Homburg na Baden-Baden bihujwe: Kurhaus, umuhanda wo gutemberera, umuryango w'Abarusiya ubayeho ku nguzanyo utegereje ko nyirakuru apfa. Ibice bibera muri kazino biranoze. Alexei asobanura amagambo y'abakurupiyeabantuKurupiye (croupier)Kurupiye uyobora ameza ya roulette.Soma byose →, imbonerahamwe y'amategaibikoreshoImbonerahamwe y'amategaImbonerahamwe yo gutega yanditse ku meza. Nanone: ameza, igitambaro cy'ameza.Soma byose →, amatega, imbaga ku meza, “uburyo” abakinnyi bakurikiza bafite amakaye, n'uko abakinnyi bavuga ku mibare nk'aho ifite imigambi. Buri kantu kose gihuye n'amapaji ya roulette ari kuri uru rubuga; igitabo ni inkomoko y'ibanze.
Nyirakuru
Igice gikomeye kurusha ibindi mu gitabo: Antonida Vasilievna, nyirakuru w'umukire umuryango utegereje ko apfa, ageze i Roulettenburg ahetswe mu ntebe, asunikwa ajyanwa ku meza, atega kuri zeruuruzigaZeruAkazu kamwe k'icyatsi katafatwa n'itega ryishyura kimwe ku kindi, irya dazeni cyangwa iry'inkingi; ni ho inyungu ya kazino ikomoka. Nanone: zeru imwe, 0.Soma byose → kuko yabwiwe ko yishyura 35 kuri 1, maze iraza. Yongera gutega kuri zeru. No kongera. Mu minsi ibiri aba amaze gutakaza igice kinini cy'umutungo we, akomeza kuri zeru, yizeye ko igomba kuza, mu gihe bene wabo bareba umurage wabo wambuka ameza straight upitegaStraight upUmubare umwe, yishyura 35:1.Soma byose → imwe ku yindi. Ni yo nkuru y'impimbano nziza kurusha izindi y'icyo itega rya 1/37 rikorera umuntu waribonye riza rimwe.

Intsinzi ya Alexei
Hafi y'iherezo ry'igitabo, Alexei atsindira amafaranga y'Ubufaransa ibihumbi magana abiri mu ijoro rimwe, ahanini ku mutukuitegaUmutukuItega ryishyura kimwe ku kindi ku mibare 18 y'umutuku. Mu Gifaransa: rouge.Soma byose → no kuri straight up, mu ruhererekane rw'amatega rusobanurwa izunguruka ku rindi. Yumva, muri ako kanya, ko hari icyo yasobanukiwe: ko ashobora kuyobora uruziga akoresheje ubushake. Intsinzi irakoreshwa igashira mu mapaji make. Igitabo cyumva ko iyo ntsinzi ari cyo kintu kibi kurusha ibindi cyashoboraga kumubaho, ari na byo abaganga babona, ikinyejana mbere y'uko habaho ivuriro.
Urugendo rwa mbere mu mijyi y'amazi ashyushye; aratsinda, hanyuma atsindwa cyane i Wiesbaden.
Wiesbaden na none; atakaza byose; yandika amabaruwa asabiriza; Crime and Punishment yanditswe igice kimwe ari muri ibi bihe.
Avuga The Gambler mu minsi 26 kugira ngo yubahirize amasezerano.
Ashyingiranwa na Anna Snitkina; bajya mu mahanga; akina urusimbi i Homburg, i Baden-Baden n'i Saxon-les-Bains, atsindwa inshuro nyinshi.
Urusimbi rwa nyuma rwanditswe, i Wiesbaden. Yandikira Anna ko byarangiye. Kandi byarangiye.
Kazino zo mu Budage zirafungwa. The Gambler irarenza kuramba ameza isobanura.
Impamvu ari cyo gitabo cyiza kurusha ibindi kuri roulette
Kubera ko nta kintu gisobanura kandi ibintu byose kibivuga neza. Amapaji y'imibare kuri uru rubuga avuga ko amazunguruka yigenga, ko uburyo bwo gutega buhindura imikino aho guhindura ibiteganyijwe, ko intsinzi ari ihindagurikaimibareIhindagurikaIgipimo cy'uko ibisubizo bikwirakwira kure y'agaciro gateganyijwe. Riri hejuru kuri straight up, hasi ku matega yishyura kimwe ku kindi.Soma byose → kandi yumvikana nk'ubuhanga. Dostoevsky yerekana umugabo wizera ibinyuranye na buri kimwe muri ibyo, uko bikurikirana, ari imbere muri byo, kandi agatuma umusomyi yumva uko kwizera. Imibare ikubwira ukuri; igitabo cy'inkuru kikubwira impamvu ibyo bidahagije.
Ibibazo
Yizeraga gutuza: ko umukinnyi utuje adashobora gutsindwa. Ni ukwibwira ko ufite ubushobozi bwo kugenzura, kandi yabisobanuye neza kurusha undi muntu uwo ari we wese akibyizera.
Ni ahahuriweho. Wiesbaden ni yo ngero nyamukuru.
Ni kigufi: umugoroba muremure. Gisome mbere y'umukino wawe ukurikira, si nyuma yawo.
Akanya k'urwenya

Yasobanuye ikosa ry'imitekerereze neza rwose akiryizera. Ni cyo gitabo.
Inkomoko
- Dostoevsky, F. The Gambler.
- Frank, J. Dostoevsky: The Miraculous Years, 1865–1871.
- Kavanagh, T. M. Dice, Cards, Wheels: A Different History of French Culture.