Natalie (Ivan Bunin)

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Ivan Bunin in 1901 in a photo of Maxim Dmitriev

Natalie ( Russian Натали ) is a short story by the Russian Nobel Prize winner for literature Ivan Bunin , which was completed on April 4, 1941 and appeared in the February 1942 issue of the New York edition of the Russian magazine Nowy schurnal .

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In search of an amorous adventure, Vitaly Petrovich Mestscherski from the Tula governorate spends the summer holidays after the first year of studies on the estate of his uncle Cherkassov, a retired Uhlan . Cherkassov's only daughter, Vitali's 20-year-old cousin Sonja, thinks Vitali has blossomed quite a bit since the last visit. Sonja willingly and directly respond to Witali's wish for a love affair - "if it weren't for Natalie". Natalie with the black eyes is Natascha Stankewitsch from Voronezh , Sonja's brittle friend from high school. The well-grown, closed Natalie comes from an impoverished home. The Stankevichs intend a money marriage; want to pair Natalie with a neighbor. The lucky one is Vitali's cousin Alexej Nikolajitsch Mestscherski, a wealthy landowner on Blagodatnoye. In contrast to Sonja's womanly figure, Natalie looks almost adolescent and half-grown. Witali enjoys the "grueling-passionate rendezvous" with Sonja. The latter watches Vitali and Natalie at every opportunity. Vitali is not sure whether he should thank God, who gave him two loves in one fell swoop. Sonja hisses jealously as soon as Vitali even approaches “the enchanting Natalie”; pursued with eagle eyes when he cannot take his eyes off the beautiful nipples that are visible under her thin blouse. Natalie rejects Witali's rapprochement with the remark that he is known to love Sonja. The liar Vitali says no. When Natalie has to leave for Voronezh, she is stormed by Vitali. In return, Natalie confesses her love for Vitali and allows him to visit her parents' home.

Sonja and Vitali continue their stormy nights on the Uhlan's estate under Sonja's leitmotif exclamation “… take me all…!”.

Natalie and Alexej Mestschersky get married on Blagodatnoye. Vitali studies in Moscow .

When Alexej dies of a heart attack after a few years of marriage , Vitali has to attend the funeral on behalf of his elderly parents. Vitali meets Natalie again on Blagodatnoye. The widow is carrying her toddler in her arms.

After graduating, Vitali's parents soon die. He runs the inherited estate and lives there with Glascha, a former maid of his mother. The couple have a boy. Vitali wants to get married. Glascha resigns because she does not want to play the lady. She releases him, but threatens: As soon as he takes a noblewoman, she would go into the water with the little one.

Witali enjoys his "freedom". On the way home from a long stay abroad, he gets off the Moscow- Tula train and see Natalie before going home to Glascha. Natalie still loves Vitali, just as she did back then on the Uhlan's estate. The two become secret lovers. One December Natalie dies “ of a premature birth on Lake Geneva ”.

filming

  • 1988 Soviet Union , 5th channel of Leningrad TV: TV feature film Natalie by Vladimir Latyshev with Milena Tontegode in the title role.

German-language editions

Used edition
  • Natalie. German by Charlotte Kossuth . P. 435–471 in: Karlheinz Kasper (Ed.): Iwan Bunin: Dunkle Alleen. Stories 1920–1953 . 580 pages. Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 1985

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Edition used, p. 501
  2. ↑ Russian New Journal
  3. ↑ Edition used, p. 436, 6th Zvu
  4. ↑ Russian Благодатное
  5. ↑ Edition used, p. 447, 4th Zvu
  6. ↑ Edition used, p. 448, 12th Zvu
  7. ↑ Edition used, p. 460, 14. Zvo
  8. ↑ Edition used, p. 471, 2nd Zvu
  9. ↑ Russian Пятый канал (Россия)
  10. ↑ Russian Natalie
  11. ↑ Russian Владимир Александрович Латышев
  12. ↑ Russian Милена Викторовна Тонтегоде