India, Sept. 9 -- A nearly 180-year-old novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky has found a surprising new audience on TikTok, with young readers turning to White Nights for its themes of loneliness, longing and fleeting romance. The renewed interest has already translated into sharply higher book sales, particularly in Brazil.
A classic catches Gen Z's attention
White Nights follows a solitary dreamer wandering through Saint Petersburg who meets a young woman and quickly falls in love. The story unfolds over four nights and a morning, tracing his movement from imagined relationships toward an encounter with reality.
Brazilian book influencer Marcelo Nogueira, 27, said the character of the lonely dreamer resonates with many young people today. Nogu...