Ivan Turgenev

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born

in Oryol, Russian Federation

November 09, 1818

died

September 03, 1883

gender

male

genre

Literature & Fiction

influences

Alexander Pushkin, Friedrich Schiller, Mikhail Bakunin, Goethe, Schop ...more

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Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (Cyrillic: Иван Сергеевич Тургенев) was a Russian writer of novels, short stories, and plays contemporary with Fyodor Dostoevsky and Leo Tolstoy. While these wrote about church and religion, Turgenev was more concerned with the movement toward social reform.

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Ivan Turgenev's Books

Average rating: 3.86 · 33,927 ratings · 1,235 reviews · 208 distinct works · Similar authors

	Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev, Jane Costlow (Introduction) 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 21,204 ratings — published 1862 — 222 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	First Love by Ivan Turgenev, Constance Garnett (Translator) 3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 2,637 ratings — published 1860 — 91 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sketches from a Hunter's Album by Ivan Turgenev, Richard Freeborn (Translator) 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 1,944 ratings — published 1852 — 68 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mumu 3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 1,733 ratings — published 1852 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spring Torrents by Ivan Turgenev, Leonard Shapiro (Translator, Introduction) 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 1,249 ratings — published 1872 — 60 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Home of the Gentry by Ivan Turgenev, Richard Freeborn 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 638 ratings — published 1858 — 78 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On the Eve 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 652 ratings — published 1860 — 51 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rudin by Ivan Turgenev, Constance Garnett (Translator) 3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 629 ratings — published 1856 — 42 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diary of a Superfluous Man by Ivan Turgenev, David A. Patterson (Translator) 3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 430 ratings — published 1850 — 37 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Virgin Soil by Ivan Turgenev, Constance Garnett (Translator) 3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 353 ratings — published 1877 — 37 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Ivan Turgenev

“If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.”
― Ivan Turgenev

125 people liked it

“We sit in the mud my friend and reach for the stars”
― Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons

70 people liked it

“Nothing is worse and more hurtful than a happiness that comes too late. It can give no pleasure, yet it deprives you of that most precious of rights - the right to swear and curse at your fate!”
― Ivan Turgenev, Rudin

55 people liked it

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What book would you like to read in October?

Demons by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

11 votes, 39.3%

Fathers and Sonsby Ivan Turgenev

6 votes, 21.4%

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

5 votes, 17.9%

Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov

3 votes, 10.7%

A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov

3 votes, 10.7%

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