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The protagonist of "White Nights" is the quintessential Dostoevskian "Dreamer." For him, St. Petersburg is not a city of stones and people, but a theater of his own mind. He treats buildings as friends and avoids real human contact because reality is often too "heavy" and disappointing compared to the vivid, controlled landscapes of his fantasy.

The heart of the book is the Dreamer’s . He explains how he lives in a fantasy world where he is a poet, a hero, a lover—until the morning sunlight (reality) crushes him. Read this passage slowly. It is one of the greatest descriptions of maladaptive daydreaming ever written. Les Nuits Blanches Dostoievski Pdf