White Nights (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky
- First Published: 1848
- Type of Plot: Impressionistic
- Time of Work: About 1848
- Setting: St. Petersburg
- Principal Characters: The unnamed narrator, An insolent gentleman, Nastenka, Her grandmother, Fekla, Their lodger, Matrena
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Love or romance, Emotions, Happiness
- Locales: St. Petersburg, Russia
The Story
This work takes its title from the long twilight periods that, during the warm months of the year, last nearly until midnight in northern lands, including some parts of Russia. The unnamed narrator has lived in St. Petersburg for nearly eight years and knows very few people in the capital city. During bright, clear spring nights, he has habitually walked down major streets and alongside the canals; recently, he has been troubled by vague misgivings he cannot entirely identify. Quite by chance one night, he happens on a fetching young well-dressed girl leaning against...
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