It was a wonderful night, a night that perhaps can only happen when we are young, dear reader. With this sentence, Dostoevsky opens his story of a budding love that arises from the chance encounter between the lonely narrator and the young Nastenka. Over four nights, they reveal their fears and longings to each other. However, Nastenka's heart belongs to another. Just as moving as it is empathetic, Dostoevsky's sensitive novel tells of unfulfilled love.