White Nights

One of the most beautiful love stories in world literature
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-3-458-19569-6
Verlag: Insel Verlag GmbH

Buch, Englisch, Band 1569, 111 Seiten, Format (B × H): 118 mm x 181 mm

Reihe: Insel-Bücherei

It is the time of the White Nights, when darkness never quite falls over Saint Petersburg. The narrator, a young man and lonesome dreamer, wanders through the quiet summer evenings, emptied of their usual bustle. One night he encounters a distraught girl, seventeen-year-old Nastenka. They strike up a conversation that continues over the course of four evenings, as they tell each other about their lives, their dreams, hopes, and sorrows. From this chance meeting a tender love begins to grow. But Nastenka’s heart belongs to someone else.

Dostoevsky’s novella, one of the most celebrated love stories in world literature, is presented here in the classic translation by Constance Garnett. The volume is accompanied by distinctive illustrations by Stella Dreis.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

Weitere Mitwirkende

Dreis, Stella

Garnett, Constance

Körner, Christiane

Über Autor(innen)

Dreis, Stella
Stella Dreis, geboren 1972 in Bulgarien, hat bereits mit zehn Jahren angefangen zu malen. Sie studierte zunächst an der Modeakademie in Hamburg, wo sie bereits während des Studiums mehrfach ausgezeichnet worden ist und verschiedene Nachwuchspreise erhalten hat. Seit 2002 arbeitet sie als Illustratorin und Malerin. Stella Dreis lebt in Heidelberg.

Körner, Christiane
Christiane Körner ist Übersetzerin aus dem Russischen. Sie hat unter anderem Werke von Alissa Ganijewa, Lidia Ginsburg und Wassili Grossman ins Deutsche übertragen. 2017 wurde sie mit dem Paul-Celan-Preis ausgezeichnet.

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was born on November 11, 1821, in Moscow and died on February 9, 1881, in St. Petersburg. He came from an impoverished noble family; his father was a physician. After the death of his mother in 1837, Dostoevsky moved to St. Petersburg with his brother Mikhail, where he studied civil engineering at the Military Academy from 1838 to 1843. In 1844 he began work on his debut novel Poor Folk, published in 1846. This novel, together with The Double, which also appeared in 1846, brought him immediate and widespread acclaim. Among his major works are the novels Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1868), and The Brothers Karamazov (1880). Dostoevsky is a central representative of Realism within Russian literature and is considered, alongside Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, the greatest Russian writer.

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was born on November 11, 1821, in Moscow and died on February 9, 1881, in St. Petersburg. He came from an impoverished noble family; his father was a physician. After the death of his mother in 1837, Dostoevsky moved to St. Petersburg with his brother Mikhail, where he studied civil engineering at the Military Academy from 1838 to 1843. In 1844 he began work on his debut novel , published in 1846. This novel, together with , which also appeared in 1846, brought him immediate and widespread acclaim. Among his major works are the novels (1866), (1868), and (1880). Dostoevsky is a central representative of Realism within Russian literature and is considered, alongside Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, the greatest Russian writer.
Stella Dreis, geboren 1972 in Bulgarien, hat bereits mit zehn Jahren angefangen zu malen. Sie studierte zunächst an der Modeakademie in Hamburg, wo sie bereits während des Studiums mehrfach ausgezeichnet worden ist und verschiedene Nachwuchspreise erhalten hat. Seit 2002 arbeitet sie als Illustratorin und Malerin. Stella Dreis lebt in Heidelberg.
Christiane Körner ist Übersetzerin aus dem Russischen. Sie hat unter anderem Werke von Alissa Ganijewa, Lidia Ginsburg und Wassili Grossman ins Deutsche übertragen. 2017 wurde sie mit dem Paul-Celan-Preis ausgezeichnet.