White Night (A Collection of Dostoevsky's Works)

Author: Dostoevsky
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Features: White Nights is a collection of middle and long by the great 19th-century Russian writer Dostoevsky, featuring the famous works Poor Folk, White Nights, and The Gambler. Poor Folk tells the story of the impoverished protagonist, Zhivushkin, who shows warm and selfless concern for and helps the orphaned Varvara like a loving father. However, under the pressure of society, Varvara is taken away by the cunning and treacherous merchant, leaving Zhivushkin devastated. White Nights depicts the innocent girl, Nastya, falling in love with her boarder. They agree to meet on a bridge a year later, but the boarder never appears. The narrator comforts the female protagonist and accompanies her in waiting for four nights, until finally the boarder appears and takes the girl away. The Gambler revolves around a group of gamblers participating in roulette, portraying the life journeys and spiritual states of two generations of Russian landlords and nobles in the 19th century.