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A review by badspringbye
White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky
medium-paced
the first two nights was filled with something very dostoevsky — a dreamer's life is brought up in the most moderate manner, and how he enjoys and gets weary of the pattern of his day-to-day affairs, all at once.
the last two, however, was a bit anticlimactic. to put it simply, it showed how love at first sight, friend-zone, and ghosting was done in the 1840s, lol. it was okay, but surely will never look back on this again. personally, Nastenka's side of story is just easily forgetable and uninspiring.
I should say it would still be nice to start with dostoevsky with this novella.
excerpts:
p. 13 "Then how how you lived, if you have no history?"
p. 19 "To his corrupted eyes we live, you and I, ... in his eyes we are all so dissatisfied with our fate, so exhausted by our life!"
p. 20 "...he desires nothing, because he is satiated, because he is the artist of his own life."
the last two, however, was a bit anticlimactic. to put it simply, it showed how love at first sight, friend-zone, and ghosting was done in the 1840s, lol. it was okay, but surely will never look back on this again. personally, Nastenka's side of story is just easily forgetable and uninspiring.
I should say it would still be nice to start with dostoevsky with this novella.
excerpts:
p. 13 "Then how how you lived, if you have no history?"
p. 19 "To his corrupted eyes we live, you and I, ... in his eyes we are all so dissatisfied with our fate, so exhausted by our life!"
p. 20 "...he desires nothing, because he is satiated, because he is the artist of his own life."