Melancholy Love Books | Summaries & Audio

Norwegian Wood

by Haruki Murakami • 1987

Best friend's suicide traps a Tokyo student between a fading woman and one pulling him back.

3.99

739k+

🖤 Melancholy Romance 💔 Survivor'S Guilt 🕯️ Grief And Intimacy

Norwegian Wood 89%

Best friend's suicide traps a Tokyo student between a fading woman and one pulling him back.

by Haruki Murakami 1987

3.99

739k+ ratings

🖤 Melancholy Romance 💔 Survivor'S Guilt 🕯️ Grief And Intimacy

Eres el amor de mi otra vida

by Gilraen Eärfalas • 2024

Her partner is a painter whose only subject is another woman. That woman exists.

3.92

5k+

🥀 Bittersweet Romance 🎨 Artist And Muse 👻 The One Who Got Away

Eres el amor de mi otra vida 88%

Her partner is a painter whose only subject is another woman. That woman exists.

by Gilraen Eärfalas 2024

3.92

5k+ ratings

🥀 Bittersweet Romance 🎨 Artist And Muse 👻 The One Who Got Away

Essays in Love

by Alain de Botton • 1993

He meets his soulmate on a Paris-London flight, then dissects the wreckage when love collapses.

3.95

35k+

📚 Philosophical Fiction ✈️ Love At First Sight 💭 Idealized Partner

Essays in Love 88%

He meets his soulmate on a Paris-London flight, then dissects the wreckage when love collapses.

by Alain de Botton 1993

3.95

35k+ ratings

📚 Philosophical Fiction ✈️ Love At First Sight 💭 Idealized Partner

White Nights

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky • 1848

Over four white nights, a lonely dreamer offers his heart to a girl waiting for another.

4.07

370k+

🖤 Unrequited Love 💔 Bittersweet Ending 🧍 Lonely Narrator

White Nights 88%

Over four white nights, a lonely dreamer offers his heart to a girl waiting for another.

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 1848

4.07

370k+ ratings

🖤 Unrequited Love 💔 Bittersweet Ending 🧍 Lonely Narrator

The Blue Flower

by Penelope Fitzgerald • 1995

In 1790s Saxony, a restless philosopher sees his soul's answer in a twelve-year-old girl.

3.44

7k+

🖋️ Biographical Novel 🌹 German Romanticism 💭 Idealized Love

The Blue Flower 88%

In 1790s Saxony, a restless philosopher sees his soul's answer in a twelve-year-old girl.

by Penelope Fitzgerald 1995

3.44

7k+ ratings

🖋️ Biographical Novel 🌹 German Romanticism 💭 Idealized Love

you left me on read

by akhira • 2023

When the reply never arrives, the answer is the one you give yourself.

3.73

1k+

💌 Modern Love 📝 Instapoetry 💔 Unrequited Love

you left me on read 88%

When the reply never arrives, the answer is the one you give yourself.

by akhira 2023

3.73

1k+ ratings

💌 Modern Love 📝 Instapoetry 💔 Unrequited Love

Falling in Love Again

by Ruskin Bond • 2013

His love stories all end with a departing train and a face he will never see again.

3.64

2k+

🖤 Unrequited Love 🚂 Chance Encounters 🌅 Memory And Nostalgia

Falling in Love Again 88%

His love stories all end with a departing train and a face he will never see again.

by Ruskin Bond 2013

3.64

2k+ ratings

🖤 Unrequited Love 🚂 Chance Encounters 🌅 Memory And Nostalgia

Mr Salary

by Sally Rooney • 2016

For her dying father, she returns to Dublin and the older man she has never left.

3.73

43k+

📚 Literary Romance 🕰️ Age Gap 💭 Unspoken Attraction

Mr Salary 88%

For her dying father, she returns to Dublin and the older man she has never left.

by Sally Rooney 2016

3.73

43k+ ratings

📚 Literary Romance 🕰️ Age Gap 💭 Unspoken Attraction

El amor, las mujeres y la vida

by Mario Benedetti • 1995

Love as daily resistance to death: a poet's half-century of intimacy, absence, and stubborn hope.

4.21

6k+

🗺️ Latin American Poetry 💝 Love Poetry 🏠 Everyday Intimacy

El amor, las mujeres y la vida 88%

Love as daily resistance to death: a poet's half-century of intimacy, absence, and stubborn hope.

by Mario Benedetti 1995

4.21

6k+ ratings

🗺️ Latin American Poetry 💝 Love Poetry 🏠 Everyday Intimacy

Jude the Obscure

by Thomas Hardy • 1895

A stonemason dreams of Oxford, but love for his cousin and a cruel marriage ruin him.

3.84

76k+

❤️ Forbidden Love 🎓 Thwarted Ambition 💍 Marriage Critique

Jude the Obscure 88%

A stonemason dreams of Oxford, but love for his cousin and a cruel marriage ruin him.

by Thomas Hardy 1895

3.84

76k+ ratings

❤️ Forbidden Love 🎓 Thwarted Ambition 💍 Marriage Critique

Adelaide

by Genevieve Wheeler • 2023

An American woman in London pours herself into a man who cannot love her back.

3.93

49k+

🖤 Sad Girl Fiction 🥀 Toxic Relationship 💔 Emotionally Unavailable

Adelaide 88%

An American woman in London pours herself into a man who cannot love her back.

by Genevieve Wheeler 2023

3.93

49k+ ratings

🖤 Sad Girl Fiction 🥀 Toxic Relationship 💔 Emotionally Unavailable

Can Love Happen Twice?

by Ravinder Singh • 2011

Still healing from loss, he falls for a woman whose dreams of freedom leave no room for his.

3.30

24k+

🕌 Indian Romance 💔 Love After Loss 🔄 Second Love

Can Love Happen Twice? 88%

Still healing from loss, he falls for a woman whose dreams of freedom leave no room for his.

by Ravinder Singh 2011

3.30

24k+ ratings

🕌 Indian Romance 💔 Love After Loss 🔄 Second Love

The Diary Of A Superfluous Man

by Ivan Turgenev • 1850

A dying nobleman chronicles a life of watching, never daring, forever unnecessary.

3.84

4k+

📜 Russian Classic 📔 Confessional Diary 💔 Unrequited Love

The Diary Of A Superfluous Man 87%

A dying nobleman chronicles a life of watching, never daring, forever unnecessary.

by Ivan Turgenev 1850

3.84

4k+ ratings

📜 Russian Classic 📔 Confessional Diary 💔 Unrequited Love

Traveler of the Century

by Andrés Neuman • 2009

A translator falls for an engaged salon hostess in a city that rearranges itself by night.

3.83

2k+

📖 Philosophical Fiction 💔 Forbidden Love Affair ✉️ Epistolary Romance

Traveler of the Century 87%

A translator falls for an engaged salon hostess in a city that rearranges itself by night.

by Andrés Neuman 2009

3.83

2k+ ratings

📖 Philosophical Fiction 💔 Forbidden Love Affair ✉️ Epistolary Romance

Poor People

by Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1846

A penniless clerk's letters to his neighbor become his lifeline, until a wealthy suitor proposes.

3.77

40k+

✉️ Epistolary ⚖️ Social Critique 💔 Unrequited Love

Poor People 87%

A penniless clerk's letters to his neighbor become his lifeline, until a wealthy suitor proposes.

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1846

3.77

40k+ ratings

✉️ Epistolary ⚖️ Social Critique 💔 Unrequited Love

The Setting Sun

by Osamu Dazai • 1947

Fallen from grace in post-war Japan, she writes feverish letters to a married writer, chasing hope.

3.97

44k+

🏚 Aristocratic Decline 🇯🇵 Post-War Japan 💔 Forbidden Love

The Setting Sun 87%

Fallen from grace in post-war Japan, she writes feverish letters to a married writer, chasing hope.

by Osamu Dazai 1947

3.97

44k+ ratings

🏚 Aristocratic Decline 🇯🇵 Post-War Japan 💔 Forbidden Love

Letters to Milena

by Franz Kafka • 1952

Prague to Vienna. A dying writer, a married woman, and a love affair conducted by post.

3.93

26k+

✉️ Epistolary Romance 📜 Literary Correspondence 💔 Impossible Love

Letters to Milena 87%

Prague to Vienna. A dying writer, a married woman, and a love affair conducted by post.

by Franz Kafka 1952

3.93

26k+ ratings

✉️ Epistolary Romance 📜 Literary Correspondence 💔 Impossible Love

The Name of the World

by Denis Johnson • 2000

A grieving professor perfects the art of being unseen, until a bold young cellist demands otherwise.

3.55

3k+

🏛️ Campus Novel 💔 Widower Protagonist 🌧️ Quiet Melancholy

The Name of the World 87%

A grieving professor perfects the art of being unseen, until a bold young cellist demands otherwise.

by Denis Johnson 2000

3.55

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Campus Novel 💔 Widower Protagonist 🌧️ Quiet Melancholy

Love Is Blind

by William Boyd • 2018

When a piano tuner falls for a virtuoso's mistress, her husband pursues them across Europe.

3.98

9k+

🎼 Classical Music World 💔 Forbidden Love 🧳 Exile And Displacement

Love Is Blind 87%

When a piano tuner falls for a virtuoso's mistress, her husband pursues them across Europe.

by William Boyd 2018

3.98

9k+ ratings

🎼 Classical Music World 💔 Forbidden Love 🧳 Exile And Displacement

If He Had Been With Me

by Laura Nowlin • 2013

She always loved the boy next door. She never told him. Now she never will.

3.78

598k+

🖤 Tragic Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Unspoken Love

If He Had Been With Me 87%

She always loved the boy next door. She never told him. Now she never will.

by Laura Nowlin 2013

3.78

598k+ ratings

🖤 Tragic Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Unspoken Love

Memories of My Melancholy Whores

by Gabriel García Márquez • 2004

At ninety, a lifelong bachelor discovers love while watching a fourteen-year-old girl sleep.

3.57

99k+

📖 Literary Novella 🌅 Love In Old Age 💤 Unconsummated Love

Memories of My Melancholy Whores Summary

Memories of My Melancholy Whores 87%

At ninety, a lifelong bachelor discovers love while watching a fourteen-year-old girl sleep.

by Gabriel García Márquez 2004

3.57

99k+ ratings

📖 Literary Novella 🌅 Love In Old Age 💤 Unconsummated Love

Identity

by Milan Kundera • 1997

A woman who believes men no longer see her receives anonymous letters insisting she is beautiful.

3.69

34k+

🥐 French Existentialism 💌 Secret Admirer 💔 Deceptive Partner

Identity 87%

A woman who believes men no longer see her receives anonymous letters insisting she is beautiful.

by Milan Kundera 1997

3.69

34k+ ratings

🥐 French Existentialism 💌 Secret Admirer 💔 Deceptive Partner

Of Human Bondage

by W. Somerset Maugham • 1915

A clubfoot medical student in Edwardian London destroys his life for a waitress who feels nothing.

4.16

62k+

🔥 Obsessive Love 📖 Classic Bildungsroman 💔 Toxic Relationship

Of Human Bondage 87%

A clubfoot medical student in Edwardian London destroys his life for a waitress who feels nothing.

by W. Somerset Maugham 1915

4.16

62k+ ratings

🔥 Obsessive Love 📖 Classic Bildungsroman 💔 Toxic Relationship

I Don't Love You Anymore

by Rithvik Singh • 2024

A poetic voice traces the path from goodbye to the quiet discovery of wholeness within.

3.86

3k+

🖋️ Poetic Self-Help 💔 Heartbreak Recovery 🌸 Self-Love Journey

I Don't Love You Anymore 87%

A poetic voice traces the path from goodbye to the quiet discovery of wholeness within.

by Rithvik Singh 2024

3.86

3k+ ratings

🖋️ Poetic Self-Help 💔 Heartbreak Recovery 🌸 Self-Love Journey

Another Day

by David Levithan • 2015

She fell for her boyfriend on the one day someone else was living his life.

3.58

27k+

🫂 Impossible Romance 💔 Bittersweet Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship

Another Day 87%

She fell for her boyfriend on the one day someone else was living his life.

by David Levithan 2015

3.58

27k+ ratings

🫂 Impossible Romance 💔 Bittersweet Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship

Love Is a Dog from Hell

by Charles Bukowski • 1977

What if love is not the answer but the sickness? Bukowski's poems treat it as terminal.

3.95

39k+

🖊️ Confessional Poetry 🏚️ Dirty Realism 🍺 Alcoholism

Love Is a Dog from Hell 87%

What if love is not the answer but the sickness? Bukowski's poems treat it as terminal.

by Charles Bukowski 1977

3.95

39k+ ratings

🖊️ Confessional Poetry 🏚️ Dirty Realism 🍺 Alcoholism

The Museum of Innocence

by Orhan Pamuk • 2008

An Istanbul bachelor's obsession with a lost love becomes a museum of the objects she touched.

3.78

40k+

🇹🇷 Turkish Literature 💔 Obsessive Love 🔺 Love Triangle

The Museum of Innocence 87%

An Istanbul bachelor's obsession with a lost love becomes a museum of the objects she touched.

by Orhan Pamuk 2008

3.78

40k+ ratings

🇹🇷 Turkish Literature 💔 Obsessive Love 🔺 Love Triangle

Talking at Night

by Claire Daverley • 2023

Her twin dies; a guarded boy's vulnerability sparks a connection that haunts them for years.

3.90

75k+

🖤 Twin Grief ⏳ Right Person Wrong Time 🔥 Slow Burn

Talking at Night 87%

Her twin dies; a guarded boy's vulnerability sparks a connection that haunts them for years.

by Claire Daverley 2023

3.90

75k+ ratings

🖤 Twin Grief ⏳ Right Person Wrong Time 🔥 Slow Burn

Madonna in a Fur Coat

by Sabahattin Ali • 1943

A coworker finds a clerk's black notebook and unlocks a doomed love affair in 1920s Berlin.

4.30

126k+

💔 Tragic Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 😶 Emotional Repression

Madonna in a Fur Coat 87%

A coworker finds a clerk's black notebook and unlocks a doomed love affair in 1920s Berlin.

by Sabahattin Ali 1943

4.30

126k+ ratings

💔 Tragic Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 😶 Emotional Repression

Unspoken Feelings of a Gentleman II

by Pierre Alex Jeanty • 2016

The hidden emotional world of men: loneliness, hunger for love, wounds that turn them cold.

4.35

220

🖋 Modern Poetry 💔 Male Vulnerability 🔒 Unrequited Love

Unspoken Feelings of a Gentleman II Summary

Unspoken Feelings of a Gentleman II 87%

The hidden emotional world of men: loneliness, hunger for love, wounds that turn them cold.

by Pierre Alex Jeanty 2016

4.35

220 ratings

🖋 Modern Poetry 💔 Male Vulnerability 🔒 Unrequited Love

Leaving

by Roxana Robinson • 2024

Former lovers reunite at the opera. He is married; she is divorced; the pull has only grown.

3.77

8k+

🌊 Rekindled First Love 🌅 Late-Life Romance 💔 Forbidden Affair

Leaving 87%

Former lovers reunite at the opera. He is married; she is divorced; the pull has only grown.

by Roxana Robinson 2024

3.77

8k+ ratings

🌊 Rekindled First Love 🌅 Late-Life Romance 💔 Forbidden Affair

La tregua

by Mario Benedetti • 1960

A widowed bureaucrat counting days to retirement falls for a young coworker and dares to hope.

4.17

45k+

📖 Epistolary Novel 💕 Late In Life Love 💼 Office Romance

La tregua 87%

A widowed bureaucrat counting days to retirement falls for a young coworker and dares to hope.

by Mario Benedetti 1960

4.17

45k+ ratings

📖 Epistolary Novel 💕 Late In Life Love 💼 Office Romance

October Junction (Preview Edition)

by Divya Prakash Dubey

One Varanasi night, two strangers promise to meet every year; they never call it love.

4.09

3k+

📖 Literary Romance 📅 Annual Reunion ✍️ Ghostwriting

October Junction (Preview Edition) Summary

October Junction (Preview Edition) 87%

One Varanasi night, two strangers promise to meet every year; they never call it love.

by Divya Prakash Dubey

4.09

3k+ ratings

📖 Literary Romance 📅 Annual Reunion ✍️ Ghostwriting

Forbidden

by Tabitha Suzuma • 2010

Raising their siblings alone, a teenage brother and sister cross the line from co-parents to lovers.

3.95

76k+

🚫 Taboo Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Parentified Siblings 😰 Social Anxiety

Forbidden 87%

Raising their siblings alone, a teenage brother and sister cross the line from co-parents to lovers.

by Tabitha Suzuma 2010

3.95

76k+ ratings

🚫 Taboo Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Parentified Siblings 😰 Social Anxiety

Long Island

by Colm Tóibín • 2024

An Irish immigrant flees home after her husband's betrayal, to find her former lover engaged.

3.70

89k+

💔 Love Triangle 🏠 Return To Hometown ☁️ Melancholy

Long Island 87%

An Irish immigrant flees home after her husband's betrayal, to find her former lover engaged.

by Colm Tóibín 2024

3.70

89k+ ratings

💔 Love Triangle 🏠 Return To Hometown ☁️ Melancholy

Love in the Time of Cholera

by Gabriel García Márquez • 1985

A penniless suitor waits a lifetime for his first love, who marries a celebrated doctor.

3.94

552k+

💔 Unrequited Love 🕊️ Second Chance Romance 🌧️ Melancholic Atmosphere

Love in the Time of Cholera 87%

A penniless suitor waits a lifetime for his first love, who marries a celebrated doctor.

by Gabriel García Márquez 1985

3.94

552k+ ratings

💔 Unrequited Love 🕊️ Second Chance Romance 🌧️ Melancholic Atmosphere

The Time Traveler's Wife

by Audrey Niffenegger • 2003

When a time traveler meets his wife, she has already loved him since she was six years old.

4.00

1.9M+

🔗 Time-Crossed Lovers ✨ Fated Love 🖋️ Lyrical Prose

The Time Traveler's Wife 87%

When a time traveler meets his wife, she has already loved him since she was six years old.

by Audrey Niffenegger 2003

4.00

1.9M+ ratings

🔗 Time-Crossed Lovers ✨ Fated Love 🖋️ Lyrical Prose

The Last Valentine

by Felix Alexander • 2017

A bloodstained letter draws two friends into a secret labyrinth of love, murder, and family curses.

4.08

408

🖤 Unrequited Love 💔 Forbidden Romance ✉️ Love Letters

The Last Valentine 87%

A bloodstained letter draws two friends into a secret labyrinth of love, murder, and family curses.

by Felix Alexander 2017

4.08

408 ratings

🖤 Unrequited Love 💔 Forbidden Romance ✉️ Love Letters

Eugene Onegin

by Alexander Pushkin • 1831

A jaded aristocrat spurns a woman’s love, then a careless flirtation drives his friend to a duel.

4.11

72k+

📜 Novel In Verse 🕰️ Superfluous Man 💔 Unrequited Love

Eugene Onegin 87%

A jaded aristocrat spurns a woman’s love, then a careless flirtation drives his friend to a duel.

by Alexander Pushkin 1831

4.11

72k+ ratings

📜 Novel In Verse 🕰️ Superfluous Man 💔 Unrequited Love

Normal People

by Sally Rooney • 2018

A popular boy and a wealthy outcast girl hide their magnetic connection in small-town Ireland.

3.81

1.9M+

📚 Literary Coming Of Age 🤫 Secret Relationship 💷 Class Difference

Normal People 87%

A popular boy and a wealthy outcast girl hide their magnetic connection in small-town Ireland.

by Sally Rooney 2018

3.81

1.9M+ ratings

📚 Literary Coming Of Age 🤫 Secret Relationship 💷 Class Difference

The Zahir

by Paulo Coelho • 2006

His wife vanished. His search becomes an obsession, pulling him from Paris to the Kazakh steppe.

3.58

84k+

🧠 Philosophical Fiction ✨ Spiritual Journey 🔍 Missing Wife

The Zahir 87%

His wife vanished. His search becomes an obsession, pulling him from Paris to the Kazakh steppe.

by Paulo Coelho 2006

3.58

84k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophical Fiction ✨ Spiritual Journey 🔍 Missing Wife

Fantastic Night & Other Stories

by Stefan Zweig • 1922

Between numbness and feeling: five souls in prewar Vienna discover the ache of being alive.

3.98

2k+

🧠 Psychological Fiction 💔 Unrequited Love 🌅 Emotional Awakening

Fantastic Night & Other Stories 87%

Between numbness and feeling: five souls in prewar Vienna discover the ache of being alive.

by Stefan Zweig 1922

3.98

2k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Fiction 💔 Unrequited Love 🌅 Emotional Awakening

Every Breath

by Nicholas Sparks • 2018

A safari guide and a nurse: one week of love, one impossible choice, decades of silence.

4.07

122k+

🕊️ Second Chance Romance 🕯️ Terminal Illness Love Story 💫 Star-Crossed Lovers

Every Breath 87%

A safari guide and a nurse: one week of love, one impossible choice, decades of silence.

by Nicholas Sparks 2018

4.07

122k+ ratings

🕊️ Second Chance Romance 🕯️ Terminal Illness Love Story 💫 Star-Crossed Lovers

Villette

by Charlotte Brontë • 1853

A lonely English teacher in Belgium finds love and a ghost haunting her boarding school.

3.78

82k+

🖤 Psychological Gothic 🏫 Boarding School Setting 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator

Villette 87%

A lonely English teacher in Belgium finds love and a ghost haunting her boarding school.

by Charlotte Brontë 1853

3.78

82k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Gothic 🏫 Boarding School Setting 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator

Broken Country

by Clare Leslie Hall • 2025

A farmer's wife loved another man. Her husband is dead. The police demand the truth.

4.27

678k+

🏞️ Pastoral Tragedy 💔 Love Triangle 🔄 First Love Returns

Broken Country 87%

A farmer's wife loved another man. Her husband is dead. The police demand the truth.

by Clare Leslie Hall 2025

4.27

678k+ ratings

🏞️ Pastoral Tragedy 💔 Love Triangle 🔄 First Love Returns

Remain

by Nicholas Sparks • 2025

Grieving his sister, an architect falls for the murdered ghost haunting his rented Victorian.

3.78

60k+

👻 Ghost Love Story 🔍 Paranormal Mystery 💔 Impossible Love

Remain 87%

Grieving his sister, an architect falls for the murdered ghost haunting his rented Victorian.

by Nicholas Sparks 2025

3.78

60k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Love Story 🔍 Paranormal Mystery 💔 Impossible Love

Nocturnes

by Kazuo Ishiguro • 2009

Five stories of music at dusk: fading stars, borrowed dreams, and the quiet grace of letting go.

3.51

33k+

🖇️ Linked Short Stories 🌟 Fading Celebrity 💔 Marriage In Decline

Nocturnes 87%

Five stories of music at dusk: fading stars, borrowed dreams, and the quiet grace of letting go.

by Kazuo Ishiguro 2009

3.51

33k+ ratings

🖇️ Linked Short Stories 🌟 Fading Celebrity 💔 Marriage In Decline

Men Without Women

by Haruki Murakami • 2014

Seven Tokyo men nurse quiet grief with jazz records and the occasional ghost of love.

3.74

128k+

🖤 Male Loneliness 🗿 Emotional Repression 🌧️ Quiet Melancholy

Men Without Women 87%

Seven Tokyo men nurse quiet grief with jazz records and the occasional ghost of love.

by Haruki Murakami 2014

3.74

128k+ ratings

🖤 Male Loneliness 🗿 Emotional Repression 🌧️ Quiet Melancholy

This Is All

by Aidan Chambers • 2005

Pregnant at nineteen, Cordelia pours her teenage years into a pillow book for her unborn daughter.

4.31

2k+

📖 Diary Format Novel 📚 Literary YA 💕 First Love

This Is All 87%

Pregnant at nineteen, Cordelia pours her teenage years into a pillow book for her unborn daughter.

by Aidan Chambers 2005

4.31

2k+ ratings

📖 Diary Format Novel 📚 Literary YA 💕 First Love

The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky

by Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1877

A solitary Petersburg dreamer meets a woman by the canal and gambles everything on love.

4.23

4k+

🖤 Existential Fiction 💔 Unrequited Love 🌙 Chance Encounter

The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky Summary

The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky 86%

A solitary Petersburg dreamer meets a woman by the canal and gambles everything on love.

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1877

4.23

4k+ ratings

🖤 Existential Fiction 💔 Unrequited Love 🌙 Chance Encounter

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