White Nights

«White Nights» — one of the brightest pearls of the early works of F. M. Dostoevsky. Behind the external romantic plot of this short story lies depth and multiplicity, which still give researchers grounds for interpretations and analyses.
The chance meeting on the Petersburg embankment of a «madman»-dreamer and young Nastenka will turn out to be just a moment in the destinies of the characters… but this moment seems predestined — so necessary and healing for both. In its fleetingness lies both fateful power and the drama, which includes the complicated moral choices, the tragedy of love, and the unattainability of the ideal.
The changing hues of the characters' experiences and moods in «White Nights», the colors of St. Petersburg in the 19th century and the strokes of urban realities found their unique reflection in the illustrations by Alexei Dmitrievich Reipolsky, created especially for this edition.