Dostoevsky Superstar on TikTok: Gen Z in “Sleepless Nights” Mode
TikTok users are driving a 463% year-over-year sales jump for Dostoevsky’s novella, with physical copies outselling digital editions, Editora 34 said.
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180 years after its release, Dostoevsky's 'White Nights' takes TikTok by storm and becomes bestseller in Brazil
Dostoevsky follows the narrator over four nights and a morning during which he ceases living in his imagination and embraces reality for the first time.
Even if he doesn't read the classics too often, Brazilian Marcelo Nogueira was seduced by a cover of the book "White Nights. " And he's not the only one. Thanks to TikTok, that love story of Dostoevski conquered the Z Generation, writes AFP. Short story of a "visioner" who, during a walk on the streets of Sankt Petersburg at ...
The brief story of a “dreamer” who, while walking through the streets of Saint Petersburg in the middle of the 19th century, meets a young woman with whom he falls head over heels in love, created a surprise by ranking among the best-selling books in Brazil. In 2025, sales of this book jumped by 463% at the Brazilian publishing house Editora 34, and the trend is at a new record this year, according to data provided by the publisher. In other cou…
"White nights, the love story written by Fiodor Dostoievski nearly 180 years ago, became a phenomenon on TikTok, conquering the Z Generation. Popularity on social networks led to a spectacular increase in sales, including in Brazil, where in 2025 they rose by 463%, reports APF, according to hotnews.ro.
Marcelo Nogueira, a 27-year-old Brazilian influencer who specializes in books, is not an acquaintance of classical works, but he was conquered by "White Nights", by Russian writer Fiodor Dostoevski, a story from the...
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