Směšné lásky vs White Nights: Which Should You Read?
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Směšné lásky
“"Pour me some more slivovitz," said Klara, and I wasn't against it.”
"In one of these stories a young man and his girlfriend pretend that she is a stranger he picked up on the road - only to become strangers to each other in reality as their game proceeds. In another a teacher fakes…
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White Nights
White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a poignant short story about love, loneliness, and fleeting human connections. Set in St. Petersburg during the ethereal "white nights" of summer, it follows a dreamy, solitary…
The verdict
- Readers rate White Nights highest: White Nights 4.1 · Směšné lásky 3.8.
- Směšné lásky has the widest readership — 40608 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Směšné lásky | White Nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (40608) | 4.0 (54) |
| Hardcover | 3.1 (6) | 3.9 (866) |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (364) |
Reception
| Směšné lásky | White Nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 40608 | 866 |
| Editions | 52 | 10 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 75 |
| Reading it now | — | 80 |
| Written reviews | — | 4 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 556 |
| Pages | 257 | 239 |