White Nights and Other Stories: By Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Illustrated
- ISBN-10
- 152064079X
- ISBN-13
- 9781520640792
- Series
- White Nights and Other Stories
- Pages
- 189
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-02-19
- Author
- Fyodor Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Description
How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About White Nights and Other Stories by Fyodor Dostoyevsky "White Nights" is a story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, originally published in 1848, early in the writer's career. Like many of Dostoyevsky's stories, "White Nights" is told in first person by a nameless narrator; the narrator is living in Saint Petersburg and suffers from loneliness. He gets to know and falls in love with a young woman, but the love remains unrequited as the woman misses her lover with whom she is finally reunited. The story is divided into six sections:First NightThe story opens with a quotation from the poem "The Flower" by Ivan Turgenev:"And was it his destined partOnly one moment in his lifeTo be close to your heart?Or was he fated from the startto live for just one fleeting instant,within the purlieus of your heart."The narrator describes his experience walking in the streets of St. Petersburg. He loves the city at night time, in which he feels comfortable. He no longer feels comfortable during the day because all of the people he was used to seeing are not there. He drew his emotions from there. If they were happy, he was happy. If they were despondent, he was despondent. He felt alone when seeing new faces. He also knew the houses. As he strolled down the streets they would talk to him and tell him how they were being renovated or painted a new color or being torn down. He lives alone in a small apartment in Saint Petersburg with only his older, non-social maid Matryona to keep him company. He tells the story of his relationship with a young girl called Nastenka (a diminutive of the name Anastasia). He first sees her standing against a railing while crying. He becomes concerned and considers asking what's wrong but eventually steels himself to continue walking. There is something special about her and he is very curious. When he hears her scream, he intervenes and saves her from a man who is harassing her.
