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The Essential Turgenev will provide American readers with the first comprehensive, portable edition of this great Russian author's works. It offers an extensive introduction to the writings that established Turgenev as one of the preeminent literary figures of his time, and reveals the breadth of insight into changing social conditions that made Turgenev a portal to Russian intellectual life.Readers will find complete, exemplary translations of Turgenev's finest novels, Rudin, A Nest of Gentry, and Fathers and Sons, along with the lapidary novella First Love. The volume also includes selections from Sportsman's Sketches, seven of Turgenev's most compelling short stories, and fifteen prose poems. It also contains samples of the author's nonfiction drawn from autobiographical sketches, memoirs, public speeches, plus the influential essay "Hamlet and Don Quixote" and correspondence with Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and others.
Paperback: 885 pages
Publisher: Northwestern University Press; 1 edition (June 22, 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0810110857
ISBN-13: 978-0810110854
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 2.6 x 8.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #850,644 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #297 in Books > Literature & Fiction > History & Criticism > Regional & Cultural > Russian #11344 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Short Stories & Anthologies > Short Stories #17518 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Classics
Everybody should read some Turgenev. He was the man whom made the world outside Russia aware of that the great Russian literature existed. And he has inspired great western authors too, like Guy de Maupassant (whom in his turn inspired Chekhov), Henry James, Ernest Hemingway (whom again also admired Chekhov and Maupassant). By reading Turgenev today, one will find that his writing still is astonishingly modern and will continue to have influence on new generations of writers. Turgenev was one of the greatest and all of his tales are imbued with his unique feeling for the texture and dignity of all human in life.
I was looking for a volume which contained both "Fathers and Sons" and "Diary of a Superfluous Man". This one does.Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Turgenev TodayNote on the TranslationsLetter to Bettina von Arnim (1840 or 1841)A Sportsman's SketchesKhor and KalinychMy Neighbor RadilovLgovKasian from Beautiful MeadowDeathThe SingersThe TrystA Living RelicLetter to A. A. Kraevskii (1849)The Diary of a Superfluous ManLetter to Louis and Pauline Viardot (1852)Letter to O. A. Turgeneva (1855)A CorrespondenceLetter to E. E. Lambert (1856)Letter to L. N. Tolstoy (1856)RudinLetter to L. N. Tolstoy (1857)Letter to V. P. Botkin (1857)A Journey to PolesjeLetter to A. N. Apukhtin (1858)A Nest of GentryLetter to E. E. Lambert (1859)Letter to I. A. Goncharov (1859)Letter to E. E. Lambert (1859)First LoveLetter to K. N. Leontiev (1860)Hamlet and Don QuixoteLetter to M. N. Katkov (1861)Fathers and SonsLetter to F. M. Dostoevsky (1862)Letter to K. K. Sluchevskii (1862)Letter to E. E. Lambert (1862)EnoughLetter to P. V. Annenkov (1868)Letter to L. Pietsch (1868)A Strange HistoryLetter to P. V. Annenkov (1870)The Execution of TroppmannLetter to M. A. Miliutina (1875)Letter to V. L. Kign (1876)AutobiographyLetter to Ia. P. Polonskii (1877)The DreamLetter to V. P. Gaevskii (1880)Speech Delivered at the Dedication of the Monument to A. S. Pushkin in MoscowLetter to M. G. Savina (1880)The Song of Triumphant LoveLetter to L. N. Tolstoy (1882)Poems in ProseTo the ReaderThe DogA Satisfied ManThe SparrowThe SkullsThe RoseTo the Memory of Iu. P. VrevskaiaThe ThresholdThe VisitCabbage SoupThe ReporterThe SphinxNatureWhat Will I Think? . . .PrayerThe Russian LanguageLetter to L. N. Tolstoy (1883)
This volume includes several key Turgenev novels: Rudin, First Love, Fathers & Children, Nest of Gentry, as well as selections from Sportsman's Sketches. The real gems are the letters to his friends and fellow authors, like Tolstoy.
Though Turgenev is not as household a name as the other Russian writers (though he certainly should be), you will see here in this wonderful collection, that his language breathes as sure as you do. His descriptions are full of life as are his characters. One mark, at least for me, of a great writer is that his readers are able to remember years later his visual and emotional conveyances. You won't struggle in this regard with Turgenev.
excellent russian literaturethis book is a treasure for the letters included--particularly those he wrote to tolstoy
WHO is the translator?? WHERE is the list of works included in it?? I was hoping to buy it, but I need this info FIRST.
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