Turgenev Collection (Volumes 1-6)

Author: Turgenev (Russia), translated by Feng Zikai and others
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Publish Date: 2001-11-01
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, novels, or novellas and prose poems, he demonstrated extraordinary artistic talent, earning praise and admiration from readers both in Russia and abroad. Turgenev is a Russian writer renowned in Europe and America, achieving worldwide fame and influence. His works have been highly evaluated and appreciated by prominent European writers such as Mérimée, Flaubert, George Sand, Déodé, and Maupassant of France, 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 a distinguished Russian realist writer, hailed as the "artistic chronicle of social thought" for the 1840s to 1870s in Russia. He wrote dozens of short stories and novellas, which, from various perspectives and to varying degrees, reflected the social life of the time, creating vivid social landscapes. He also created six major novels, including Rodya, A House of Noble Families, The Night Before Christmas, Fathers and Sons, Smoke, and Virgin Soil, which are celebrated as the "artistic chronicle of social thought" for the 1840s to 1870s in Russia. At the same time, he wrote dozens of other short stories and novellas, which, from various perspectives and to varying degrees, reflected the social life of the time, forming one vibrant social landscape after another. The Collected Works of Turgenev consists of six volumes, compiling the author's main novels, sketches, prose poems, literary essays, and memoirs, essentially including the essence of his fifty years of literary efforts.