White Nights And Other Stories (1918)

I needed to read it twice to truly understand the book, but its just great. How she never asked his name and he used her name on nearly every page. I understand that he was mad but i understand her aswell.

Dieses Buch hat mich tief berührt. White Nights erzählt eine leise Geschichte, die nicht laut sein muss, um Wirkung zu zeigen. Die Gefühle sind fein beschrieben und wirken sehr echt. Der Stil ist ruhig und fließend, sodass man das Buch fast in einem Atemzug liest. Gleichzeitig möchte man sich Zeit lassen, um die Gedanken auf sich wirken zu lassen. Es ist eines dieser Bücher, die man nicht einfach zuklappt und vergisst. Für mich war es eine wunderschöne Lektüre.

White Nights is the first book I read by Dostoyevsky and not gonna lie - it felt kind of weird. It's written really well and easy to read, but I personally found the long monologues very long and sometimes mentally draining. The topics Dostoyevsky talks about are still very important despite the book being old and I recommend it for anyone who wants to self-reflect a little.

In a book of 96 Pages her name was mentioned 138 times while his name wasnt mentioned even once. In the beginning of the reading, his contentment for life really got addictive. I was always wondering, why is he such in a good mood? I didn’t read further until I understood. He was just happy in her presence. Beautiful story.

It is definitely one of my favorite short stories. The love in it is platonic and so softly beautiful. The story was quite captivating to me, and if you're a hopeless romantic, you're probably going to enjoy it. The two other short stories in the book are still quite interesting, portraying unique characters and their stories. Not in my favorites, but interesting nevertheless. The book is small and really pretty. Definitely reccomend.