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Ivan Turgenev

Born

in Oryol, Oryol Governorate, Russian Empire

November 09, 1818

Died

September 03, 1883

Genre

Literature & Fiction

Influences

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Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (Cyrillic: Иван Сергеевич Тургенев) was a novelist, poet, and dramatist, and now ranks as one of the towering figures of Russian literature. His major works include the short-story collection A Sportsman’s Sketches (1852) and the novels Rudin (1856), Home of the Gentry (1859), On the Eve (1860), and Fathers and Sons (1862).

These works offer realistic, affectionate portrayals of the Russian peasantry and penetrating studies of the Russian intelligentsia who were attempting to move the country into a new age. His masterpiece, Fathers and Sons, is considered one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century.

Turgenev was a contemporary with Fyodor Dostoevsky and Leo Tolstoy. While these wrote about church and reli ...more

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Average rating: 3.92 · 197,360 ratings · 13,340 reviews · 1,863 distinct works • Similar authors

	Fathers and Sons really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 100,950 ratings — published 1862 — 919 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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) 3.77 avg rating — 24,868 ratings — published 1860 — 1172 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 3.78 avg rating — 11,066 ratings — published 1852 — 169 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 3.96 avg rating — 9,044 ratings — published 1852 — 367 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 3.95 avg rating — 5,765 ratings — published 1872 — 654 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 3.92 avg rating — 5,584 ratings — published 1859 — 694 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 3.78 avg rating — 4,727 ratings — published 1856 — 458 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Patterson (Translator) 3.85 avg rating — 4,231 ratings — published 1850 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 3.83 avg rating — 4,152 ratings — published 1860 — 416 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Asya 3.97 avg rating — 3,794 ratings — published 1858 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev, 244 pages, 1862

77 votes, 33.2%

Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy, 562 pages, 1899

35 votes, 15.1%

Nana by Émile Zola, 473 pages, 1880

33 votes, 14.2%

The Bhagavad Gita by Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, 160 pages, -400

26 votes, 11.2%

Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz, 589 pages, 1894

25 votes, 10.8%

The Major Works: Including Songs and Sonnets and Sermons by John Donne 528 pages, between 1572-1631

20 votes, 8.6%

Our Nig by Harriet E. Wilson, 176 pages, 1859

16 votes, 6.9%

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