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Language through Literature
Fyodor Dostoevsky in Russian
Dostoevsky asks the most of a reader — long paragraphs, voices that argue with themselves, and a habit of piling clause on clause. «Белые ночи» is the gentlest door into him that exists.
His works in the library
Белые ночи — White Nights
Four white nights and a morning. A dreamer meets Nastenka on the embankment and speaks to another person for the first time in his life.
The other writers
Chekhov, Gogol, Turgenev and Dostoevsky — what each asks of a reader. Or see which book to start with and how much Russian you need.