White Nights, Fyodor Dostoevsky
White Nights, Fyodor Dostoevsky
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White Nights
A Poignant Tale of Love, Loneliness, and Dreams - A Modern Translation - Adapted for the Contemporary Reader

Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky

Series: The Library of Alexandria #90

Narrator: Zeke Ring

Unabridged: 2 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: USC

Published: 03/08/2025


Synopsis

Can love exist beyond a single moment?White Nights is Fyodor Dostoevsky’s beautifully melancholic novella about love and longing in the solitude of the night. The story follows a lonely dreamer, an outsider who yearns for companionship but remains trapped in his imagination. One evening, he encounters Nastenka—a young woman who is also lost in her own sorrow. Over the course of four nights, their bond deepens as they share their dreams, fears, and fragile hopes.As the dreamer falls in love, he believes he has finally found the connection he has always longed for. But love is often ephemeral, and fate may have other plans. With a delicate balance of romance, sorrow, and philosophical insight, White Nights explores the fleeting nature of happiness and the deep ache of human isolation.What You’ll Discover in This Modern Translation:A Heartfelt Exploration of Love and Loneliness – Experience the emotional depth of one of Dostoevsky’s most touching and lyrical works.A Timeless Story of Fleeting Romance – Discover the universal themes of unfulfilled love, hope, and heartbreak.A Modern, Accessible Translation – This adaptation ensures the poetic beauty of Dostoevsky’s prose is preserved while being readable for contemporary audiences.A Window into the Soul of a Dreamer – Follow the protagonist’s journey through the quiet streets of St. Petersburg, where dreams and reality intertwine.More than just a love story, White Nights is a meditation on the nature of human connection, the power of dreams, and the bittersweet reality of love that comes too late.Can a moment of love last forever, or is it destined to fade with the dawn?Get your copy today and experience one of Dostoevsky’s most poetic and heartfelt works.

About Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881), born in Moscow, lived much of his childhood distanced from his frail mother and officious father. During these formative years, he formed a close bond with his elder brother Mikhail. When they were teenagers, however, Fyodor and Mikhail were enrolled in separate boarding schools, Fyodor matriculating at an engineering school in St. Petersburg. Even as he was studying the trade of government, Dostoevsky was honing his skills as a writer, inking drafts of what would become his first novel-Poor Folk. In 1846, it was published to warm critical response. Something of a literary figure at the age of twenty-five, Dostoevsky began attending the discussion group that would result in his imprisonment. His sentence was commuted to four years in prison and four years of army service. His prison experiences, as well as his life after prison among the urban poor of Russia, provided a vivid backdrop for much of his later work. Released from his imprisonment and service by 1858, he began a fourteen-year period of furious writing, in which he published many significant texts, including The House of the Dead, Notes from the Underground, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and Devils. During this period, Dostoevsky's life was in upheaval, as he lost both his first wife and his brother. On February 15, 1867, he married his stenographer Anna Grigorevna Snitkina, who managed his affairs until his death. Two months before he died, Dostoevsky completed the epilogue to The Brothers Karamazov, which was published in serial form in the Russian Messenger.


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