Turgenev's Selected Works

Author: [Russia] Turgenev, edited by Wang Shouren
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: In the history of Russian literature, Turgenev holds a unique and important position, which is perhaps due to his artistic achievements: whether in short stories and novels, or in novellas and prose poems, he demonstrated extraordinary artistic prowess, earning praise and admiration from readers both in Russia and abroad. Turgenev is a Russian writer who gained fame in Europe and America, achieving worldwide acclaim and influence. His works were highly praised and admired by renowned European writers such as Mérimée, Flaubert, George Sand, Déodé, Maupassant, the theorist Taine, the Danish literary critic Brandes, the American writer Henry James, the British writers Carlyle and Galsworthy, and the translator Madame Garnett. Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev was an outstanding Russian realist writer, hailed as the "artistic chronicle of social thought" in Russia during the 1840s to 1870s. He wrote dozens of short stories and novellas. These works also reflected, from various perspectives and to varying degrees, the social life of the time, forming vivid social landscapes. Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818–1883) was an outstanding Russian realist writer. The six novels he created, such as Rodya, Noble House, The Night Before Christmas, Fathers and Sons, Smoke, and Virgin Soil, are hailed as the "artistic chronicle of social thought" in Russia during the 1840s to 1870s. At the same time, he also wrote dozens of short stories and novellas. These stories also reflected, from various perspectives and to varying degrees, the social life of the time, forming one vibrant social landscape after another. The collection selected and translated by Comrade Feng Zhen includes representative works of Turgenev's short stories and novellas such as Mumu, Asha, First Love, King Lear on the Prairie, and Spring Tide.