White Nights, Poor Folk & The Double

White Nights, Poor Folk & The Double - Fyodor Dostoevsky

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"Such a beautiful, little book about the loneness of a man who thought he found his dream only for it to disappear in a flash. The book is a glimpse into what many men feel during their times of loneliness. All the characters are beloved and it’s a book that leaves you feeling “this is me”.
Some of the early parts are slow but it all comes together toward the end. I didn’t know a handful of words so I had to look up the definitions. It is a very short book and I definitely want to read more by Dostoevsky now. The conversations between him and Nastenka are so beautifully written. You really feel that they are human with how they try and do talk about their feelings.
I am not a reader of fiction nor poetry but this book has hooked me." - Amazon Customer Reviews

White Nights is one of Dostoevsky's earlier short stories but one of his most enduringly popular. It tells the story of four nights in the life of the lonely narrator, who meets and falls in love with the mysterious and beautiful Nastenka. Poor Folk was Dostoevsky's first novel, written to try and alleviate his financial plight, and was a commercial success. It tells the story of Makar Devushkin, a clerk, and Varvara Dobroselova, a seamstress, by means of the letters they exchange; they are in love, but too poor to marry. Its exploration of humanitarian themes led to it being described as Russia's first 'social novel'. By contrast, Dostoevsky's second novel, The Double was not well received. First published in 1846, it was revised and republished by Dostoevsky in 1866, but he did not consider it a success. By contrast, Vladimir Nabokov called it 'the best thing he ever wrote' and described it as 'a perfect work of art'.