White Nights

A short sentimental story set over four summer nights in St Petersburg, when the northern sky never fully darkens. The narrator is a shy, solitary dreamer who spends his days wandering the city. One night he meets a young woman named Nastenka, and the two begin to talk and confide in one another. Tender and wistful, the tale explores loneliness, imagination and the hope of love, and it is one of Dostoevsky's gentlest works.