Roulettenburg n Dostoevsky
Amqemmer (1866): adlis yelhan akk ɣef rulit, yura-t yiwen wergaz yettexsaren deg-s, deg sḍis u ɛecrin n wussan.

Dostoevsky yeɣra-d Amqemmer s yimi i tmarut akken ad yexelleṣ ttrusa i yesɛa ɣef ṭṭwabel n Wiesbaden d Homburg. Amesmeslay-is Alexei yeglem-d lkazinu n temdint n waman iḥman, inagrawen, liman belli azrar ilaq ad yekfu d tḥulfa n rrbeḥ am tmussni, s telqayt ur tt-yesnerni ula d yiwen umussnaw n tusnakt.
Tiwtilin
Deg 1866, Dostoevsky ilaq-as i yiwen umaẓrag ungal uqbel 1 Nunembir, ma ulac ad yexser izerfan n yimahilen-is tẓa n yiseggasen. Yexser aṭas deg rulit deg temdinin n waman iḥman n Lalman deg 1863 d 1865, yerhen ayla-s d ddheb n tmeṭṭut-is. Yexelleṣ tamarut n tira tazrit, Anna Snitkina, yeɣra-yas-d Amqemmer gar 4 d 29 Tubeṛ, yefka-t-id kra n wussan uqbel talast. Yezweǧ Anna aseggas i d-yeḍfren. Ikemmel yettqemmir alamma d 1871, syin yeḥbes akk.
Roulettenburg
Tamdint d Wiesbaden, Homburg d Baden-Baden yettwasduklen: Kurhaus, abrid n tikli, twacult n Rrus yettidiren s ttrusa mi ara trejju ad temmet temɣart. Timeẓriwin n lkazinu d tusdidin. Alexei yeglem-d tiɣri n yikrupiyenimdanenAkrupiBab n ṭṭabla n rulit, i yettsellifen urar.Ɣer akk →, tafelwitibenkanTafelwit n rrhunAẓeṭṭa n rrhun yettwarun ɣef ṭṭabla. Daɣen: ṭṭabla, tajellabt, aceṭṭiḍ.Ɣer akk →, rrhun, lɣaci ɣer ṭṭabla, «inagrawen» i ḍeffren yimuraren s tkarniyin, d wamek i ttmeslayen yimuraren ɣef wuṭṭunen am akken sɛan lebɣi. Yal talqayt temsaḍa d tisniwin n rulit n usmel-a; adlis d aɣbalu amezwaru.
Temɣart
Tameẓri tameqqrant n wungal: Antonida Vasilievna, temɣart tameṛkantit i ṛeǧǧun ad temmet twacult, tewweḍ-d ɣer Roulettenburg deg ukursi yettwaɛebbin, ttawin-tt ɣer ṭṭwabel, terhen ɣef yilemaḍebsiIlemTaxxamt tazegzawt tasuft ur yeṭṭif ula d yiwen n rrehn s lexlaṣ imsawi, n ddzina neɣ n tgejdit; d aɣbalu n lmaziyya n lkazinu. Daɣen: yiwen yilem, 0.Ɣer akk → imi nnan-as ixelleṣ 35 ɣef 1, yerna yuli-d. Terhen ɣef yilem tikkelt nniḍen. D tikkelt nniḍen. Deg sin n wussan, texser tuget n wayla-s, tettɛawad ɣef yilem, tumen ilaq ad d-yas, mi ara walin yimdanen n twacult-is lwert-nsen yettɛeddi ɣef ṭṭabla, yiwen rrehn ɣef yiwen wuṭṭunrrehnYiwen wuṭṭunYiwen wuṭṭun kan, ixelleṣ 35:1.Ɣer akk → deffir wayeḍ. D aglam yelhan akk deg usugen n wayen yettxeddim rrehn n 1/37 i umdan i t-yeẓran yuli-d yiwet n tikkelt.

Rrbeḥ n Alexei
Deg taggara n udlis, Alexei yerbeḥ snat n tmiḍawin n yigiman n yifrank deg yiwen yiḍ, s waṭas ɣef uzeggaɣrrehnAzeggaɣRrehn s lexlaṣ imsawi ɣef 18 n wuṭṭunen izeggaɣen. S tefransist: rouge.Ɣer akk → d rrhun ɣef yiwen wuṭṭun, deg uzrar n rrhun yettwaglemen tuzzya s tuzzya. Yeḥulfa, deg teswiɛt-nni, belli yefhem kra: yezmer ad yeḥkem deg uḍebsi s lebɣi. Rrbeḥ yettwaṣerref, yeṛuḥ deg kra n tisniwin. Adlis yefhem belli rrbeḥ-nni d ayen n diri akk i s-yezmren ad yeḍru, d tamuɣli n tujjya tasut uqbel ad yili usbitar.
Abrid amezwaru ɣer temdinin n waman iḥman; yerbeḥ, syin yexser aṭas deg Wiesbaden.
Wiesbaden tikkelt nniḍen; yexser kullec; yettaru tibratin n usuter; Abekkaḍ d Uɛaqeb yettwaru kra seg-s deg waddad-a.
Yeɣra-d Amqemmer deg 26 n wussan akken ad yeqqen ɣer lɛaqed.
Yezweǧ Anna Snitkina; ṛuḥen ɣer tmura n beṛṛa; yettqemmir deg Homburg, Baden-Baden d Saxon-les-Bains, yettexsar tikkelt deffir tikkelt.
Lqmer aneggaru yettwarun, deg Wiesbaden. Yura i Anna belli yekfa. Yekfa s tidet.
Lkazinu n Lalman ttwamedlent. Amqemmer yeqqim deffir ṭṭwabel i d-yeglem.
Acuɣer d adlis yelhan akk ɣef rulit
Imi ur d-yessegza acemma, yerna yewwi-d kullec akken iwata. Tisniwin n tusnakt n usmel-a qqarent belli tuzzyiwin d timanayin, belli inagrawen ttbeddilen talɣa n tɣimiyin mačči azal yettwaṛǧan, belli rrbeḥ d tavaryanstusnaktTavaryansAktazal n wamek i d-ttwazzaren igmaḍ i tama n wazal yettwaṛǧan. Meqqret i rrehn ɣef yiwen wuṭṭun, meẓẓiyet i rrhun s lexlaṣ imsawi.Ɣer akk → yettban am tmussni. Dostoevsky yesken-d argaz yumnen s umgal n yal yiwet seg-sent, s umyizwer, seg daxel, yerna yerra ameɣri ad yeḥulfu i liman-nni. Leḥsab yeqqar-awen-d ayen yellan d tidet; ungal yeqqar-awen-d acuɣer ur yekfi ara.
Isteqsiyen
Yumen s tuɣzi n wul: amurar yehdan ur yezmir ara ad yexser. D aɣurru n uḥkam, yerna yeglem-it yif yal yiwen mi ara t-yeṭṭef.
D asdukkel. Wiesbaden d tamudemt tameqqrant.
D awezlan: yiwet n tmeddit taɣezfant. Ɣret-t uqbel taɣimit-nwen i d-iteddun, mačči deffir.
Taḍsa i usgunfu

Yeglem-d tuccḍa akken iwata mi ara yumen yis-s. D adlis-a meṛṛa.
Iɣbula
- Dostoevsky, F. The Gambler.
- Frank, J. Dostoevsky: The Miraculous Years, 1865–1871.
- Kavanagh, T. M. Dice, Cards, Wheels: A Different History of French Culture.