White Nights

F.M. Dostoevsky – a gambling player and political criminal, a neurotic and philosopher, the Russian Nietzsche – became one of those symbols of Russian culture that still define the image of Russia in the world today. A sentimental novel, as defined by the author himself, White Nights and the unfinished novel about the suffering child Netochka Nezvanova – stories of the collapse of dreams. The love story of the main character for the girl Nastenka illuminates his lonely life, but does not make him happy. Sentimental and sensitive heroes cannot withstand the collision with real reality. Thus, the fate of Netochka Nezvanova anticipates the appearance of the exalted heroines of Dostoevsky's famous novels. The book also includes the story A Boy at Christ's Christmas Tree.