Stjopa
Stjopa ( Russian Степа ) is a short story by the Russian Nobel Prize winner for literature Ivan Bunin , which was completed on October 5, 1938 and was published on October 23 of the same year in the Paris emigrant newspaper Poslednije novosti (Russian Последние новости - Latest News ).
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The young businessman Vasil Liksejitsch Krassilstschikow can no longer stand it in Moscow after his lover, an actress, went to Kislovodsk for a summer vacation . So in summer in the provinces he plays a little gentleman on his estate.
On the way to Tschern , Krassilstschikov comes into an evening thunderstorm in his horse- drawn carriage and stops drenched in the relaxation of the widower Pronin. His 15-year-old daughter Stjopa is not expected to return home until the next day. Stjopa, at home alone, much smaller than the businessman, does not turn him away, also because she knows him. The guest who bursts in cannot avert his gaze from Stjopa's delicate breasts. He embraces, kisses, and abuses the little girl. When Stjopa has cried, she lets herself be kissed again extensively. At night, both rest amicably close to each other. Before Krassilstschikow left soon after dawn, he went for one more time on Stjopa. The girl absolutely wants to go with him and be married by him. Krassilstschikow puts Stjopa off, but promises her marriage within six months.
When he got home, Krassilstschikow immediately prepared to leave for Kislovodsk.
German-language editions
- Used edition
- Stjopa. German by Charlotte Kossuth . P. 319–325 in: Karlheinz Kasper (Ed.): Iwan Bunin: Dunkle Alleen. Stories 1920–1953 . 580 pages. Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 1985
Web links
- The text
- Fourth text in part 1: online at Lib.ru (Russian)
- online at bunin.niv.ru (Russian)
- online in the Komarow library (Russian)
- Reference to first appearance in the Laboratory of Fantastics (Russian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Edition used, p. 325