White Nights

“I was laughed at by everyone upon every occasion. But no one knew or guessed that if there was a man on this earth who knew better than anyone how ridiculous I was, that man was myself, and that was the thing that I found most exasperating of all, that they did not know it.” Fyodor Dostoyevsky, A Ge......more

This anthology of stories from Fyodor Dostoevsky took me on a literary roller coaster ride from start to finish. Of the three stories in this collection (White Nights, A Gentle Creature and The Dream of a Ridiculous Man) I most enjoyed A Gentle Creature. Perhaps, enjoy is not quite the right word he......more

"If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired."Two of the three stories in this well chosen collection prove Chekov decisively wrong. If you have mastered human psychology and looked deep into the human soul like Dostoyevsky then the pistol......more

A "lighter" work by Dostoyevsky, that contains three small stories, about love, human relationships, the development of one's character, and the history of human society. The stories are interesting, with fast paced action, few characters, food for thought and unconventional endings. The story "a ge......more

White Nights was like looking at the reflection of yourself in a river and finally understanding everything that's pained you for so long. fyodor, you continue to occupy my heart again and again x......more