Publisher's Synopsis
Born in Moscow in 1821, Russian writer and philosopher Fyodor Dostoevsky remains startlingly relevant today. What makes him timeless is his uncanny gift for capturing our deepest fears and longings. This volume brings together two of his most striking works—vastly different in tone, but unmistakably his. White Nights is a gentle fever dream of loneliness and love. Set in the hush of twilight-lit St. Petersburg, it follows a young dreamer who meets a woman as lost as he is. Over four nights, they share stories, hopes, and heartbreak—a fleeting intimacy lit by the glow of possibility and the ache of knowing it won’t last. Notes from Underground, on the other hand, is a jolt to the system—a searing monologue from a man who has turned his back on the world.