The Gambler: resumen de Chapter 13

Qué sucede

1. After nearly a month away from his notes, Alexis describes his isolation and resumes his account of the crisis.
2. The Grandmother loses her available funds while Polish helpers steal, quarrel, and interfere with her gambling.
3. The General fails to restrain her, De Griers leaves, and Mlle. Blanche rejects the penniless Prince.
4. Alexis sends Polina a letter offering his life and listens to the General beg for help recovering Mlle. Blanche.
5. Mr. Astley lends the Grandmother three thousand francs, and Alexis sees her onto the train.
6. Alexis finds Mlle. Blanche comforting the General, then returns to discover Polina sitting in his room.

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The opening makes Alexis’s uncertain understanding of himself central to his account. His intense recollections coexist with doubts about his feelings and sense of reality.

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