Te Roulettenburg a Dostoevsky
The Gambler (1866): te pukapuka pai rawa mō te rūreti, i tuhia e tētahi tangata e hinga ana i taua kēmu, i roto i ngā rā e rua tekau mā ono.

I whakahua a Dostoevsky i The Gambler ki tētahi kaituhi kia utua ai ngā nama i puta i ngā tēpu o Wiesbaden me Homburg. Ka whakaahuatia e tōna kaikōrero, e Alexei, te whare petipeti o te tāone wai ora, ngā pūnaha, te tino whakapono me mutu tētahi raupapa, me te rongo i tētahi toa he māramatanga, me te tika kāore anō kia whakapaitia e tētahi tohunga pāngarau.
Ngā āhuatanga
I te tau 1866, me tuku e Dostoevsky tētahi pukapuka paki ki tētahi kaiwhakaputa i mua i te 1 o Whiringa-ā-rangi, ki te kore ka ngaro i a ia te mana ki ōna tuhinga mō ngā tau e iwa. I nui tāna hinga i te rūreti i ngā tāone wai ora o Tiamana i ngā tau 1863 me 1865, ā, i taurahere ia i ōna taonga me ngā whakakai a tana wahine. Ka utua e ia tētahi kaituhi poto, a Anna Snitkina, ā, ka whakahuatia e ia a The Gambler i waenga i te 4 me te 29 o Whiringa-ā-nuku, ā, i oti i a ia me ētahi rā e toe ana. I te tau i muri mai ka mārena ia ki a Anna. I petipeti tonu ia tae noa ki te tau 1871, kātahi ka mutu rawa.
Roulettenburg
Ko te tāone he hanumi o Wiesbaden, o Homburg me Baden-Baden: te Kurhaus, te ara hīkoi, te whānau Rūhia e noho ana i runga i te nama i a rātou e tatari ana kia mate tētahi kuia. He tika rawa ngā whakaaturanga o te whare petipeti. Ka whakaahuatia e Alexei ngā karanga a ngā kaitiritiritāngataKurupiēTe kaitiritiri i te tēpu rūreti.Pānuitia katoatia →, te mahere petitaputapuMahere petiTe tukutuku peti kua tāia ki te tēpu. Arā anō: tēpu, kākahu tēpu, felt.Pānuitia katoatia →, ngā moni peti, te mano i te tēpu, ngā “pūnaha” e whāia ana e ngā kaitākaro me ā rātou pukapuka tuhi, me te āhua o tā ngā kaitākaro kōrero mō ngā tau me te mea he hiahia ō ngā tau. E hāngai ana ia taipitopito ki ngā whārangi rūreti o tēnei pae; he puna taketake te pukapuka.
Te kuia
Te wāhanga rongonui rawa o te pukapuka: ko Antonida Vasilievna, te kuia whai rawa e tatari ana te whānau ki tōna matenga, ka tae ki Roulettenburg i runga i tētahi tūru amo, ka panaia ki ngā tēpu, ka peti ki te korewīraKoreTe kōhao kākāriki kotahi kāore e kapia e tētahi peti utu ōrite, tatini, tīwae rānei; te pūtake o te painga o te whare. Arā anō: kore kotahi, 0.Pānuitia katoatia → nā te mea kua kīia ki a ia ka utu 35 ki te 1, ā, ka puta. Ka peti anō ia ki te kore. Ka peti anō. I roto i ngā rā e rua kua ngaro i a ia te nuinga o ōna rawa, e tohe tonu ana ki te kore, e tino whakapono ana me puta, i a ōna whanaunga e mātakitaki ana i tō rātou kāinga tupu e whiti atu ana i te tēpu, kotahi tau kotahipetiTau kotahiHe tau kotahi, ko te utunga 35:1.Pānuitia katoatia → i ia wā. Koinei te kōrero paki pai rawa mō te pānga o tētahi peti 1/37 ki te tangata kua kite kua puta kotahi te wā.

Te toa a Alexei
Ki te pito whakamutunga o te pukapuka, ka toa a Alexei i ngā wherengi Wīwī e rua rau mano i te pō kotahi, ko te nuinga ki te wheropetiWheroHe peti utu ōrite ki ngā tau whero e 18. Wīwī: rouge.Pānuitia katoatia → me ngā tau kotahi, i tētahi raupapa peti e whakaahuatia ana i ia hurihanga, i ia hurihanga. Ka rongo ia, i taua wā, kua mārama ia ki tētahi mea: ka taea e ia te wīra te whakahaere mā tōna hiahia anake. Kua pau, kua ngaro te toa i roto i ētahi whārangi noa iho. E mārama ana te pukapuka ko te toa te mea kino rawa i pā ki a ia, ā, koinā te tirohanga a te rata, he rautau i mua i te tīaritanga o te whare haumanu.
Te haerenga tuatahi ki ngā tāone wai ora; ka toa, kātahi ka hinga nui i Wiesbaden.
Ki Wiesbaden anō; ka ngaro te katoa; ka tuhi reta tono moni; i tuhia tētahi wāhanga o Crime and Punishment i tēnei āhua.
Ka whakahua i The Gambler i roto i ngā rā 26 kia ea ai tētahi kirimana.
Ka mārena ki a Anna Snitkina; ka haere rāua ki tāwāhi; ka petipeti ia i Homburg, i Baden-Baden me Saxon-les-Bains, ka hinga i ia wā.
Te petipeti whakamutunga kua tuhia, i Wiesbaden. Ka tuhi ia ki a Anna kua mutu. Kua mutu tonu.
Ka katia ngā whare petipeti o Tiamana. Ka ora roa ake a The Gambler i ngā tēpu e whakaahuatia ana e ia.
He aha ia te pukapuka pai rawa mō te rūreti
Nā te mea kāore ia e whakamārama i tētahi mea, ā, he tika ngā mea katoa. E kī ana ngā whārangi pāngarau o tēnei pae he motuhake ngā hurihanga, ka whakarerekē ngā pūnaha i ngā wā tākaro, kaua i ngā tūmanakotanga, ā, he tītaringapāngarauTītaringaHe inenga o te whānui o te marara o ngā hua huri noa i te uara tūmanako. He teitei mō te tau kotahi, he hakahaka mō ngā peti utu ōrite.Pānuitia katoatia → te toa engari ka rite te rongo ki te pūkenga. Ka whakaatu a Dostoevsky i tētahi tangata e whakapono ana ki te tauaro o ia mea, i tōna raupapa, mai i roto, ā, ka rongo te kaipānui i taua whakapono. Mā te tātai e kī mai he aha te mea pono; mā te pukapuka paki e kī mai he aha i kore ai tērā e ranea.
Ngā pātai
I whakapono ia ki te ngākau mauritau: e kore e hinga te kaitākaro ngākau mārie. Ko te pōhēhē o te mana whakahaere tērā, ā, nāna i whakaahua pai ake i tā tētahi atu, i a ia anō e pupuri ana i taua pōhēhē.
He hanumi. Ko Wiesbaden te tauira matua.
He poto: kotahi ahiahi roa. Pānuitia i mua i tō wā tākaro e whai ake ana, kaua i muri.
He katakata iti

I tino tika tāna whakaahua i te pōhēhē i a ia anō e whakapono ana. Koinā te pukapuka.
Ngā Puna
- Dostoevsky, F. The Gambler.
- Frank, J. Dostoevsky: The Miraculous Years, 1865–1871.
- Kavanagh, T. M. Dice, Cards, Wheels: A Different History of French Culture.