An enigmatic young woman draws the attention of two friends, the narrator and his friend, who soon discover her tragic life. Despite her youth she is disowned by her father and sent to live with the Koltovskis, where she falls in love. However, her secret is discovered, and both the lovers are locked up. Then her lover dies and her fate is cursed....More
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev(November 9 [O.S. October 28] , 1818 – September 3, 1883) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, translator and popularizer of Russian literature in the West.
His first major publication, a short story collection entitled A Sportsman's Sketches (1852), was a milestone of Russian realism. His novel Fathers and Sons (1862) is regarded as one of the major works of 19th-century fiction.
Turgenev's artistic purity made him a favorite of like-minded novelists of the next generation, such as Henry James and Joseph Conrad, both of whom greatly preferred Turgenev to Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. James, who wrote no fewer than five critical essays on Turgenev's work, claimed that "his merit of form is...More
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev(November 9 [O.S. October 28] , 1818 – September 3, 1883) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, translator and popularizer of Russian literature in the West.
His first major publication, a short story collection entitled A Sportsman's Sketches (1852), was a milestone of Russian realism. His novel Fathers and Sons (1862) is regarded as one of the major works of 19th-century fiction.
Turgenev's artistic purity made him a favorite of like-minded novelists of the next generation, such as Henry James and Joseph Conrad, both of whom greatly preferred Turgenev to Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. James, who wrote no fewer than five critical essays on Turgenev's work, claimed that "his merit of form is of the first order" (1873) and praised his "exquisite delicacy", which "makes too many of his rivals appear to hold us, in comparison, by violent means, and introduce us, in comparison, to vulgar things" (1896)
Book Summary
An enigmatic young woman draws the attention of two friends, the narrator and his friend, who soon discover her tragic life. Despite her youth she is disowned by her father and sent to live with the Koltovskis, where she falls in love. However, her secret is discovered, and both the lovers are locked up. Then her lover dies and her fate is cursed. The novel introduces readers to the Russian society of the time and the treatment given to women and Jews, making them reflect on the past while transmitting to them each of the emotions that characters felt.
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