White Nights
Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky Genre: Romantic novella Traits: Dreamy, Yearning, melancholic Language: English Click here to be redirected to BUY “My God! A whole minute of bliss! Is that really so little for the whole of a man’s life?”- Fyodor Dostoyevsky (White Nights) White Nights is a novella that perfectly captures the ephemeral beauty and melancholy of fleeting moments. The novella follows a nameless narrator, a lonely and introspective man who spends his nights wandering the streets, lost in his fantasies. His isolation is abruptly interrupted by the female lead Nastenka, a young woman equally isolated by her circumstances, when they meet over a course of four nights sharing their stories, dreams, and hopes, forging a bond that is both tender and bittersweet. The narrator pours his heart out to Nastenka, finding in her a kindred spirit. As they grow closer it becomes painfully clearer that his love for he...