White Nights

#142 in Romance

White Nights

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

7.77.7 / 10
Score out of 10852 ratingsConfidence 85%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
#142 of 200 in Romance ahead of 29% of the category

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About the book

Step into the melancholic beauty of St. Petersburg for a fleeting, heartfelt encounter between a lonely dreamer and the young Nastenka. White Nights captures the fragility of hope and the quiet devastation of unrequited affection.

Description: publisher’s blurb via Hardcover

Where the score comes from

The sources average 7.7 across 852 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 85% of the weight and the score stays at 7.7 — the Romance average of 7.7 barely moves it.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Hardcover7.7852 100%

Reader voices

The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).

  • “Okay wow I did not expect this book to be so sad. To mark it under romance was evil. It was pretty short and simple but pretty memorable. I love the contrast between the start of the book and its end and how what used…”

    ★ 5/5_juno on Hardcover

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