Presentation of the small bound classics: irresistible mini editions of short stories, novellas, and essays by the greatest writers in the world, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. These editions celebrate the diversity and range of Penguin Classics and take us from snow-covered Japan to springtime Vienna, from ghost-haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a chess game in the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and printed, these collector's editions are bound in colorful, tactile fabric and embossed with foil. Fyodor Dostoevsky, one of the most significant novelists in world literature, has also written some of the best short stories. "White Nights" tells of love and loss on the streets of St. Petersburg, "A Gentle Creature" presents the amusing story of a general who drops by the wedding of a subordinate, while "The Gentle Spirit" is an existential tale about marriage and tragedy.