White Nights tells the story of a man who meets a woman on a night when he finds her crying by herself. He wants to calm her down, but she gets scared and runs away from her. In the story, Nastenka is the young woman with whom the narrator falls in love. Nastenka tells the narrator her story that she is already in love with another.
The Bell Jar is the only novel by the renowned poet Sylvia Plath. The novel, which has been described as a witty but harrowing comingofage story, contains autobiographical elements relating to Plath's struggles with bipolar disorder. It explores themes of identity, feminism, and transformation throguh the story of 19yearold Esther Greenwood. In the novel, she experiences a mental breakdown and eventual recovery.