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White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky -> Starting June 16th, 2025
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Looking forward to this; see what all the hype is about :P
This was probably one of the first books I added to my tbr when I started reading again, and I still didn't get to it.Super excited!
I just startedThe narrator is honestly amazing
And Dacha = russian country house / cottage bcz I had to loo
Still in the first couple of pages
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I've read up to the end of the first night too... it's taking a lot of getting used to but I like it!
Ellen-Arwen wrote: "I've read up to the end of the first night too... it's taking a lot of getting used to but I like it!"Yes totally
It's a different style and it's some long sentences and paragraphs.
2nd night was a bit heavyI love the storytelling but I've had to pause and come back because it was a very long speech
So I had to go search if white night is a saying cultural to russiaHere's the answer:
The white nights is the name given in areas of high latitude to the weeks around the summer solstice in June during which sunsets are late, sunrises are early and darkness is never complete. In Saint Petersburg, the Sun does not set until after 10 p.m., and the twilight lasts almost all night.
Oh okay so this book has another short story in it! I wasn't aware.The bobok
Sorry Grace - I've been ill and all over the place, started this approx 6 million times (okay, more like 5 total) but I will get to it! Finding the style hard for my greebly brain (I don't think greebly is the right word, but I have no words atm. sorry).
it's okay! get better soon!are you doing audio? if not I 100% recommend, the narrator carried me through the story like a breeze. Definitely helps beat the hard style.
Grace wrote: "it's okay! get better soon!are you doing audio? if not I 100% recommend, the narrator carried me through the story like a breeze. Definitely helps beat the hard style."
No, I'm reading a physical copy that I was given - thanks for the tip! Might make it easier lol. (Although I do hate being beaten by a book lol).
Keeping this thread aliiiiiive... I will NOT be beaten lol.
A poignant tale of love and loneliness from Russia's foremost writer.
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