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Dostoevsky vs. consumer culture

That viral 1848 book is a takedown of modern hyper-consumption

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Beth Bentley
Jan 05, 2025
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Did you have ‘175-year-old Russian novel becomes BookTok hype bestseller’ on your 2024 bingo card?

Me neither.

Dostoevsky's White Nights was the bestselling Penguin Classic title of 2024, shifting more than 50,000 copies. This book has apparently never sold that many copies in a single year.

It’s an 80-page fever dream about a lonely, unfulfilled young m…

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