The narrator of this work once threatened to spit into a French priest's coffee, and after acquiring 700 florins notes that "what may seem a small sum to a Rothschild may seem a large sum to me.
The narrator of this work once threatened to spit into a French priest's coffee, and after acquiring 700 florins notes that "what may seem a small sum to a Rothschild may seem a large sum to me." The protagonist encounters a character on a park bench in Bad Homberg years later, learning that his love interest is in Switzerland and still has feelings for him. One mystery in this work concerns Blanche, who can apparently change her last name at will, and a bizarre love triangle also develops between the English sugar refiner Mr. Astley and the narrator over the General's stepdaughter, Polina Alexandrovna. Everyone's plans are wrecked with the arrival of the Grandmother, who loses all her money by foolishly wagering on zero and red. For 10 points, name this book by Fyodor Dostoevsky in which the title character, Alexei Ivanovitch, develops an addiction to roulette.
The narrator of this work once threatened to spit into a French priest's coffee, and after acquiring 700 florins notes that "what may seem a small sum to a Rothschild may seem a large sum to me.
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