The Seventh Wave, Episode 23

(Featuring a guest star appearance from Dostoevsky)

Episode 23

Dostoevsky was addicted to roulette. He wrote his short novel The Gambler to help pay off his debts, and the novel was itself a gamble. He bet the publisher Stellovsky he could deliver it by a certain date in November 1866, or else Stellovsky would have the rights to publish all Dostoevsky’s work for nine years without paying him anything. Dos…