Roulettenburg ya Dostoevsky
The Gambler (1866): ekitabo ekisinga obulungi ku roulette, ekyawandiikibwa omusajja eyali agifiirwamu, mu nnaku abiri mu mukaaga.

Dostoevsky yawandiikisa The Gambler okusasula amabanja ge yeewola ku mmeeza z'e Wiesbaden ne Homburg. Omunyumya waakyo Alexei annyonnyola kaasino ey'ekifo ky'amazzi agawonya, enkola, okukakasa nti omukisa omuwanvu gulina okukoma, n'okuwulira nti okuwangula kwe kutegeera, mu butuufu omukugu w'okubala yenna bw'atannasinga.
Embeera
Mu 1866 Dostoevsky yali abanjibwa omufulumya ekitabo ky'olugero okutuusa nga 1 Novemba, oba afiirwe eddembe ku bitabo bye okumala emyaka mwenda. Yali afiiriddwa nnyo mu roulette mu bifo by'amazzi agawonya ebya Bugirimaani mu 1863 ne 1865, ng'asingira ebintu bye n'amayinja ag'omuwendo aga mukyala we. Yapangisa omuwandiisi w'empandiika ey'amangu, Anna Snitkina, n'awandiikisa The Gambler wakati wa nga 4 ne 29 Okitobba, n'amaliriza nga wakyasigaddeyo ennaku. Yawasa Anna omwaka ogwaddirira. Yeeyongera okusiba zzaala okutuusa mu 1871, n'oluvannyuma n'alekerawo ddala.
Roulettenburg
Ekibuga kiri Wiesbaden, Homburg ne Baden-Baden nga bigattiddwa: Kurhaus, olubalaza lw'okutambulirako, n'amaka ag'Abarussia agabeera ku looni nga balinda jjajja omukazi afe. Ebitundu ebya kaasino bituufu nnyo. Alexei annyonnyola amaloboozi g'aba croupierabantuCroupierOmuddukanya w'emmeeza ya roulette.Soma byonna →, emmeeza ya zzaalaebikozesebwaEmmeeza ya zzaalaEkipande kya zzaala ekikubiddwa ku mmeeza. Era kiyitibwa: table, felt, cloth.Soma byonna →, ssente za zzaala, ekibiina ku mmeeza, “enkola” abazannyi ze bagoberera n'obutabo, n'engeri abazannyi gye boogera ku nnamba ng'ezirina ebigendererwa. Buli kantu kakwatagana n'empapula za roulette ku mukutu guno; ekitabo kiva ku muntu eyaliwo.
Jjajja omukazi
Ekitundu ekisinga obukulu mu kitabo: Antonida Vasilievna, jjajja omukazi omugagga amaka ge bategeka okufa kwe, atuuka e Roulettenburg mu ntebe esitulibwa, asindikibwa ku mmeeza, asiba ku zeeronnamuzigaZeeroEkinnya kimu ekya kiragala ekitabikkibwa zzaala ya emu ku emu, eya dazeni oba ey'empagi; y'ensibuko y'enkizo ya kaasino. Era eyitibwa: zeero emu, 0.Soma byonna → kubanga bamugambye nti esasula 35 ku 1, era n'ejja. Asiba ku zeero nate. Era nate. Mu nnaku bbiri afiiriddwa obugagga bwe obusinga, ng'akakasa zeero, ng'akakasa nti erina okujja, ng'ab'eŋŋanda ze balaba obusika bwabwe nga busomoka emmeeza straight upzzaalaStraight upEnnamba emu yokka, esasula 35:1.Soma byonna → emu ku emu. Kye kisinga obulungi mu bitontome ku ekyo zzaala ya 1/37 ky'ekola ku muntu eyagiraba ng'ejja omulundi gumu.

Okuwangula kwa Alexei
Ku nkomerero y'ekitabo Alexei awangula faranga emitwalo abiri mu kiro kimu, okusinga ku mmyufuzzaalaEmmyufuZzaala ya emu ku emu ku nnamba 18 emmyufu. Mu Lufalansa: rouge.Soma byonna → ne ku straight up, mu zzaala eziddiriŋŋana ezinnyonnyolwa okwetooloola ku kwetooloola. Awulira, mu kaseera ako, nti ategedde ekintu: nti asobola okufuga nnamuziga n'okwagala kwe. Ssente zisaasaanyizibwa ne ziggwaawo mu mpapula ntono. Ekitabo kitegeera nti okuwangula kwe kwali ekintu ekisinga obubi ekyali kiyinza okumutuukako, era eyo y'endowooza ya basawo ekyasa nga tewannabaawo ddwaliro.
Olugendo olusooka mu bifo by'amazzi agawonya; awangula, n'oluvannyuma afiirwa nnyo e Wiesbaden.
Wiesbaden nate; afiirwa buli kimu; awandiika ebbaluwa ez'okusaba; Crime and Punishment kiwandiikibwa ekitundu ng'ali mu mbeera eno.
Awandiikisa The Gambler mu nnaku 26 okutuukiriza endagaano.
Awasa Anna Snitkina; bagenda ebweru; asiba zzaala e Homburg, Baden-Baden ne Saxon-les-Bains, ng'afiirwa emirundi n'emirundi.
Zzaala ezisembayo ezaawandiikibwa, e Wiesbaden. Awandiikira Anna nti kiwedde. Kyawedde ddala.
Kaasino za Bugirimaani ziggalwa. The Gambler kiwangaala okusinga emmeeza kye kinnyonnyola.
Lwaki kye kitabo ekisinga obulungi ku roulette
Kubanga tekinnyonnyola kintu kyonna era buli kimu kikituukiriza. Empapula z'okubala ku mukutu guno zigamba nti okwetooloola tekwesigama ku kulala, nti enkola zikyusa engeri ekiseera ky'okuzannya gye kitambula so si ebisuubirwa, nti okuwangula enjawulo y'ebivaamuokubalaEnjawulo y'ebivaamuEkipimo ky'engeri ebivaamu gye bisaasaanamu okwetooloola omuwendo ogusuubirwa. Kinene ku straight up, kitono ku zzaala za emu ku emu.Soma byonna → era kuwulira ng'obukugu. Dostoevsky alaga omusajja ng'akkiriza ekikontana na buli kimu ku ebyo, mu nsengeka, okuva munda, era aleetera omusomi okuwulira okukkiriza okwo. Okubala kukugamba ekituufu; ekitabo ky'olugero kikugamba lwaki ekyo tekimala.
Ebibuuzo
Yakkiririza mu kukkakkana: nti omuzannyi akkakkanye tasobola kufiirwa. Kwe kwerimba nti ofuga, era yakunnyonnyola okusinga omuntu yenna ng'akyakukkiririzaamu.
Kigattiddwa. Wiesbaden kye kyokulabirako ekikulu.
Kimpi: akawungeezi akawanvu. Kisome ng'ekiseera kyo eky'okuzannya ekiddako tekinnatuuka, so si oluvannyuma.
Eky'okusesa

Yannyonnyola ensobi bulungi ddala ng'agikkiririzaamu. Ekyo kye kitabo.
Ensibuko
- Dostoevsky, F. The Gambler.
- Frank, J. Dostoevsky: The Miraculous Years, 1865–1871.
- Kavanagh, T. M. Dice, Cards, Wheels: A Different History of French Culture.