Project Gutenberg 2008-11-24 Public domain in the USA. 107 Dostoyevsky, Fyodor 1821 1881 Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoievski, Fédor Mikhailovitch Достоевский, Фёдор Михайлович Dostoievski, Fiodor Dostoievski, Fedor Mikhailovitch Dostoyevsky, F. M. Dostojewski, Fjodor Michailowitsch Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Feodor Valkoisia öitä Translation of: Белые ночи Produced by Tapio Riikonen "Valkoisia öitä" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a novella written in the late 19th century. This work explores themes of loneliness, love, and the profound complexities of human emotions through the eyes of an unnamed narrator. The story revolves around his experiences and reflections during a series of solitary nights in St. Petersburg, leading to an unexpected encounter with a mysterious young woman named Nastjenka. The beginning of the novella introduces a deeply introspective narrator who grapples with his profound loneliness as he observes the vibrant life of St. Petersburg around him while feeling entirely disconnected from it. He reflects on the absence of familiar faces and the empty streets that seem to echo his solitude. As he wanders through the city, he encounters Nastjenka, a young woman who is visibly distressed, and the narrator's instinct to approach her leads to a heartfelt interaction. This chance meeting ignites a mixture of hope and hesitation as he navigates his feelings towards her and contemplates the possibility of connection, posing the central conflict of the narrative: the struggle between the desire for companionship and the fear of vulnerability. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 52.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. fi Russian fiction -- Translations into Finnish PG Text Category: Novels Category: Russian Literature 149650 2025-07-11T08:23:37.250458 text/html 149471 2025-01-11T12:09:56.736437 text/html 128051 2025-07-11T08:23:42.649601 application/epub+zip 128618 2025-07-11T08:23:39.996450 application/epub+zip 120399 2025-07-11T08:23:38.942453 application/epub+zip 270449 2025-07-11T08:23:44.576460 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 257784 2025-07-11T08:23:42.013472 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 217048 2022-09-12T13:53:39.617489 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 132546 2025-07-11T08:23:36.858482 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 126699 2008-11-24T05:52:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18307 2025-07-11T08:23:44.692434 application/rdf+xml 15703 2025-07-11T08:23:39.424479 image/jpeg 3913 2025-07-11T08:23:39.185530 image/jpeg 48166 2008-11-24T05:52:08 application/octet-stream application/zip 128875 2025-07-11T08:23:37.264459 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia