Feeling alone and abandoned by everyone a young man and self-confessed dreamer decides to take
to the streets of St Petersburg during one of its long summer nights. As he roams around the
empty city he chances on a weeping girl whom he approaches and rescues from the unwanted
attentions of an importunate gentleman. The two agree to meet again the following night on the
same spot and as they start revealing their life story to each other the young man cannot
resist falling in love with his new acquaintance. A quintessential tale of urban solitude and
the desperate need for human contact White Nights a novella written in 1848 soon after The
Double is accompanied in this volume by the rest of Dostoevsky's shorter fiction including
famous stories such as ?Mr Prokharchin' ?The Dream of a Ridiculous Man' ?A Gentle Creature'
and ?The Crocodile' - all presented in sparkling new translations by Roger Cockrell. List of
Stories: The Landlady Mr Prokharchin A Novel in Nine Letters Another Man's Wife and a
Husband Under the Bed A Weak Heart Polzunkov An Honest Thief A Christmas Tree and a Wedding
White Nights A Little Hero A Nasty Story Bobok The Heavenly Christmas Tree The Peasant
Marei A Gentle Creature The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
