If you enjoyed "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man" (and even if you didn't), you might enjoy some of the other selections in the Signet Dostoyevsky book. If you like romances, you might find "White Nights" particularly appealing. If you want to know what it's like to be in a Siberian prison camp, you might like the selections from the "House of the Dead." Read either or both selections, and add your comments here. What would you say to encourage students to read the selection for themselves?
When you said this was a romance I definitely expected something along the lines of a Nicholas Sparks book but as I read through "White Nights" a couple of times I realized that it is a different type of romance. Not so much an obvious romance but simple- like the ambiance of the setting itself. Its an exciting romance that almost gets you, the reader, to feel the same fast pounding heart that the man (who I believe did not have a name unless I over looked that) gets when he meets his love Nastenka. I think if you read this it can introduce you into a different type of romance that isn't as in your face as today's love ensembles are.
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