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White Nights: along with the stories 'A Faint Heart' and 'A Christmas Tree and a Wedding'.
A timeless classic - a BookTok sensation
It was a wonderful night, such a night as is only possible when we are young, dear reader.Dostoevsky’s story of young love begins with a chance encounter between the lonely narrator and a 17-year-old girl, Nastenka. Over the course of four nights, the two reveal their fears and desires to each other, yet Nastenka's heart belongs to someone else. Dostoevsky's love story, set during the bright summer nights of St. Petersburg, is a timeless masterpiece.
English edition of Dostoevsky’s bittersweet love story recently trending on TikTokShort but intense – will make you want to read more classic literatureSnackable content, easy to read and deeply movingThe poetic language of the great Russian author draws readers into a world of dreams and heartbreak
It was a wonderful night, such a night as is only possible when we are young, dear reader.Dostoevsky’s story of young love begins with a chance encounter between the lonely narrator and a 17-year-old girl, Nastenka. Over the course of four nights, the two reveal their fears and desires to each other, yet Nastenka's heart belongs to someone else. Dostoevsky's love story, set during the bright summer nights of St. Petersburg, is a timeless masterpiece.
English edition of Dostoevsky’s bittersweet love story recently trending on TikTokShort but intense – will make you want to read more classic literatureSnackable content, easy to read and deeply movingThe poetic language of the great Russian author draws readers into a world of dreams and heartbreak
161 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 14, 2025
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Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский
(Russian)
Works, such as the novels Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1869), and The Brothers Karamazov (1880), of Russian writer Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky or Dostoevski combine religious mysticism with profound psychological insight.
Very influential writings of Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin included Problems of Dostoyevsky's Works (1929),
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky composed short stories, essays, and journals. His literature explores humans in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century and engages with a variety of philosophies and themes. People most acclaimed his Demons(1872) .
Many literary critics rate him among the greatest authors of world literature and consider multiple books written by him to be highly influential masterpieces. They consider his Notes from Underground of the first existentialist literature. He is also well regarded as a philosopher and theologian.
See also:
Russian → Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский
French → Fédor Dostoïevski
French → Fiodor Dostoïevski
Spanish → Fiódor Dostoyevski
Portuguese → Fiódor Dostoiévski
Works, such as the novels Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1869), and The Brothers Karamazov (1880), of Russian writer Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky or Dostoevski combine religious mysticism with profound psychological insight.
Very influential writings of Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin included Problems of Dostoyevsky's Works (1929),
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky composed short stories, essays, and journals. His literature explores humans in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century and engages with a variety of philosophies and themes. People most acclaimed his Demons(1872) .
Many literary critics rate him among the greatest authors of world literature and consider multiple books written by him to be highly influential masterpieces. They consider his Notes from Underground of the first existentialist literature. He is also well regarded as a philosopher and theologian.
See also:
Russian → Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский
French → Fédor Dostoïevski
French → Fiodor Dostoïevski
Spanish → Fiódor Dostoyevski
Portuguese → Fiódor Dostoiévski
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August 12, 2025
⭐️4.5⭐️
July 5, 2026
"White Nights": Sentimental (derogatory) with way too much dialogue. Centers on literary history's first pick-me boy. Ugh. Honestly do not get the hype, a word which here means both "literary canonization" and "booktok fame".
"A Faint Heart": What I imagine will happen to me in grad school. Not a fan of the ending. (Maybe because I don't like what that implies for grad school!)
"A Christmas Tree and a Wedding": The only story of these I truly liked. Unfortunately by far the shortest, but much more impactful and genuinely devastating in ten pages than "White Nights" was at eight times the length. This one bumped the overall rating up to three stars. Fair, Fyodor?
"A Faint Heart": What I imagine will happen to me in grad school. Not a fan of the ending. (Maybe because I don't like what that implies for grad school!)
"A Christmas Tree and a Wedding": The only story of these I truly liked. Unfortunately by far the shortest, but much more impactful and genuinely devastating in ten pages than "White Nights" was at eight times the length. This one bumped the overall rating up to three stars. Fair, Fyodor?
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