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A review by pzdrnk
White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky
5.0
Soul-stirring
White Nights is a short story that beautifully captures the depths of unrequited love, tinged with romance and melancholy. Dostoyevsky masterfully depicts loneliness and suffering, highlighting the duality between the sadness of living alone and the strange beauty that can emerge from it—the freedom to escape into one's dreams and idealize the past.
The story unfolds as the lonely narrator encounters a young girl in distress one fateful night. Their shared feelings of alienation, their bond, and their introspective musings form the heart of the tale. But when reality inevitably intrudes, our protagonist faces the truth with quiet resignation.
What I loved most about this story is how Dostoyevsky so vividly portrays the complex spectrum of human emotions. Definitely one of my favourites.
White Nights is a short story that beautifully captures the depths of unrequited love, tinged with romance and melancholy. Dostoyevsky masterfully depicts loneliness and suffering, highlighting the duality between the sadness of living alone and the strange beauty that can emerge from it—the freedom to escape into one's dreams and idealize the past.
The story unfolds as the lonely narrator encounters a young girl in distress one fateful night. Their shared feelings of alienation, their bond, and their introspective musings form the heart of the tale. But when reality inevitably intrudes, our protagonist faces the truth with quiet resignation.
What I loved most about this story is how Dostoyevsky so vividly portrays the complex spectrum of human emotions. Definitely one of my favourites.