Tales from Winterland is a curated anthology series featuring the finest works of classical Russian literature—a timeless, essential read for anyone wishing to immerse themselves in the depths of Russian prose. For its inaugural release, Poise Press proudly presents three of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s all-time bestselling masterpieces: The Gambler, White Nights, and Notes from Underground. Stay tuned for more legendary Russian authors in the upcoming Tales from Winterland series by Poise ...

"White Nights" is a short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky, originally published in 1848, early in the writer's career. Like many of Dostoevsky's stories, "White Nights" is told in the first person by a nameless narrator. The narrator is a young man living in Saint Petersburg who suffers from loneliness. He gets to know and falls in love with a young woman, but the love remains unrequited as the woman misses her lover, with ...

“Nature does not ask your permission; she has nothing to do with your wishes.” Using the gloomy, horrid, and inward existential crisis of the spiteful Underground Man, Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novella Notes from Underground captures the current society’s predominant reliance on rigorous reasoning while also disdaining the natural state of mankind. ...