Weisse Nächte

Geschrieben von Fyodor Dostoevsky

Erzählt von Gerd Udo Feller

Ein Meisterwerk Dostojewski’scher Erzählkunst und zu Recht berühmt geworden. In dem „Senti-mentalen Roman. Aus den Erinnerungen eines Träumers“ untertitelten Text berichtet ein namenloser Erzähler rückblickend von seiner Begegnung mit dem Mädchen Nastenka, einsam wie er, aber nicht voller Träume, nicht ohne Bezug zur Wirklichkeit wie er. Eine Romanze entspinnt sich und zwingt ihn, über sein Schein-Leben nachzudenken und wieder in Kontakt mit der Realität zu kommen, nicht eingebildete, sondern echte Empfindungen zu leben. Am Ende bleibt er zwar allein, doch mit dem Bewußtsein, einmal wirklich gelebt zu haben.
“Weisse Nächte” (White Nights) is a great example of Dostoyevsky’s storytelling art and has become quite popular around the globe. The sentimental story is told in first person by a nameless narrator recalling an encounter with a girl named Nastenka whom he falls in love with. His romantic feelings force him to reflect about his life and his relationship with reality. He remains lonely in the end, but not without the feeling of having truly loved.

• Sprache: Deutsch
• Herausgeber: Naxos Hörbücher
• Erscheinungsdatum: 31. März 2003
• ISBN: 9783898169851

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) was a Russian novelist, short-story writer, and essayist. His work probed profound depths of human nature, with an indomitable insight into man’s relationship with society, religion, and philosophical inquiry. Dostoevsky’s first novel, Poor Folks (1846) immediately established his literary reputation. In 1849 he was arrested for his subversive political activities and spent eight months in imprisonment and four years in a labor camp. These experiences were the foundation for many of his works, including his masterpiece, Crime and Punishment(1866) His work and ideas had an enormous influence on 20th Century literature, psychological theory, and literary criticism.