Name: White Nights
Rating: 4.017 (430 reviews)
ISBN: 9780241252086

Fyodor Dostoevsky

'My God! A whole minute of bliss! Is that really so little for the whole of a man's life?' A poignant tale of love and loneliness from Russia's foremost writer. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.

White Nights

In the stories in this volume, Dostoevsky explores both the figure of the dreamer divorced from reality and also his own ambiguous attitude to utopianism, themes central to many of his great novels.

A Gentle Creature ; The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

Al Garbson

How hurt it is to be the protagonist. It hurts him as well as all men I presume. Nastenka, why?. Married the next day?! “If only you were he” are you kidding?! It’s a beautiful writing, yet very agitating, Nastenka wise of course.

Wisnu

it was beautiful I don’t get why people think it’s depressing I’m just mad at nastenka she gave him hope 

Vanessa W

Read this shitass book  if you want to ruin your mood for a month straight.

Aman chaudhary

Depressing as hell but damn was it a great read. Absolutely loved this 

lilnouri

Excerpt from White Nights: And Other Stories A dreamer! Indeed I should think I do know. I am a dreamer myself. Sometimes, as I Sit by grandmother, all sorts of things come into my head. Why, when one begins dreaming one lets one's fancy run away with one-why, I marry a Chinese Prince! Though sometimes it is a good thing to dream! But, goodness knows! Especially when one has something to think of apart from dreams, added the girl, this time rather seriously. Excellent If you have been married to a Chinese Emperor, you will quite understand me. Come, listen. But one minute, I don't know your name yet. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

And Other Stories (Classic Reprint)

Bambang Hartono

a love letter to love dommed by circumstances, I cried so hard I recomend it to all my friends

Maxine Calderón

a love letter to love dommed by circumstances, I cried so hard I recomend it to all my friends

 

This is a short book talking about how a hopeless poor man who day dreams all day meets a woman one night and the story blooms into their encounters. The intro and the middle part was pretty good but the ending was rather underwhelming. Neither I connected to it nor was it resolving in any genre. I wouldve appreciatef a better closure or the story moulding into a better form

edit: after further reflection I realised that this book is very much applicable irl as I have seen others deal with breakups and heartbreak, dostoevky's books seem to hit deeper with passing time. 

Aarush Arora

This is a short book talking about how a hopeless poor man who day dreams all day meets a woman one night and the story blooms into their encounters. The intro and the middle part was pretty good but the ending was rather underwhelming. Neither I connected to it nor was it resolving in any genre. I wouldve appreciatef a better closure or the story moulding into a better form

edit: after further reflection I realised that this book is very much applicable irl as I have seen others deal with breakups and heartbreak, dostoevky's books seem to hit deeper with passing time. 

I don't think anyone does internal monologue quite like Dostoevsky. Maybe it's because a small part of me relates to it, or because I simply haven't read enough. End of the day it's still riveting. 

short and not that great.. sry not my cup o' tea

cherie

aadi

White Nights And Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky From The Russian by Constance Garnett CONTENTS White Nights Notes from Underground-- Part 1. underground Part 2. A propos of the wet snow A Faint Heart A Christmas Tree and a Wedding Polzunkov A Little Hero Mr. Prohartchin

The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky

“𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘬𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵. 𝘐𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘯𝘦'𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦?”

clementine ⤜♡→

“𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘬𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵. 𝘐𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘯𝘦'𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦?”

This book is the definition of:

Her: "You were a wonderful experience."

Him: "You were...everything."

I absolutely loved this. A great shorter introduction to Dostoevsky. White Nights isn’t a love story, it’s a portrait of loneliness. The narrator casts himself as a victim of a cold world, coping with isolation, until Nastenka enters his life. Even then, the victimhood never fully leaves him. That tension is what stays with you.

Somi Patel

I can’t lie bro, this was fire. Straight heat from Dostoyevsky as always, and you know what, I actually understood it this time. So that’s progress. 

The first story of the book white nights is about a nameless character who we’ve all decided to call the dreamer and finds himself in love with a girl called Nastenka. He asks her for her name, but she never asks for his 👀 Notice that. I think this story was written to portray true everlasting loneliness. That book was never truly about love, instead it was just about the depressive pits of being alone, dealing with that loneliness and the further consequences which we must tackle, for example a disinhibited attachment (check my psychology language out 😏), where you easily form attachments with strangers. It was a beautiful story, knocked offhalf a point because I wish it was longer but at the same time it’s just as meaningful as a short form story. 

As for Bobok, it was such an interesting story which I honestly don't have much to say about. I found it quite entertaining and very funny but still intruiging all the same. 

surtified™

I can’t lie bro, this was fire. Straight heat from Dostoyevsky as always, and you know what, I actually understood it this time. So that’s progress. 

The first story of the book white nights is about a nameless character who we’ve all decided to call the dreamer and finds himself in love with a girl called Nastenka. He asks her for her name, but she never asks for his 👀 Notice that. I think this story was written to portray true everlasting loneliness. That book was never truly about love, instead it was just about the depressive pits of being alone, dealing with that loneliness and the further consequences which we must tackle, for example a disinhibited attachment (check my psychology language out 😏), where you easily form attachments with strangers. It was a beautiful story, knocked offhalf a point because I wish it was longer but at the same time it’s just as meaningful as a short form story. 

As for Bobok, it was such an interesting story which I honestly don't have much to say about. I found it quite entertaining and very funny but still intruiging all the same. 



thank you aileen, you will forever leave an everlasting memory inside this book.

White Nights

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