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 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 religion, Turg ...more

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	Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev, George Reavy (Translator), Jane Costlow (Introduction) 3.95 avg rating — 70,393 ratings — published 1862 — 889 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 3.76 avg rating — 8,473 ratings — published 1852 — 87 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) 3.78 avg rating — 10,080 ratings — published 1860 — 456 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 by Ivan Turgenev, Richard Freeborn (Translator) 3.94 avg rating — 7,152 ratings — published 1852 — 341 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 3.94 avg rating — 3,771 ratings — published 1872 — 291 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 by Ivan Turgenev, Richard Freeborn (Translator) 3.92 avg rating — 3,527 ratings — published 1859 — 62 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 3.82 avg rating — 3,029 ratings — published 1860 — 224 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 by Ivan Turgenev, Constance Garnett (Translator) 3.75 avg rating — 2,659 ratings — published 1856 — 194 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 3.98 avg rating — 2,119 ratings — published 1858 — 60 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
	Virgin Soil by Ivan Turgenev, Constance Garnett (Translator) 3.82 avg rating — 1,849 ratings — published 1877 — 205 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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ايفان تورغينيف : المؤلفات المختارة فى 5 مجلدات (1 book)
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ايفان تورغينيف : المؤلفات المختارة فى 5 مجلدات (1 book)
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Ivan Turgenev,

إيفان تورغينيف,

غائب طعمة فرمان (Translator)

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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

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

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“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 S. Turgenev, Rudin

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May 2017 Short Story Poll

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 64 pages, 1922

73 votes, 23.2%

Night by Elie Wiesel, 120 pages, 1958

44 votes, 14.0%

A Good Man Is Hard To Find by Flannery O'Connor, 24 pages, 1955

37 votes, 11.7%

The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams, 40 pages, 1923

23 votes, 7.3%

First Love by Ivan Turgenev, 124 pages, 1856

18 votes, 5.7%

Babette's Feast by Isak Dinesen, 54 pages, 1958

16 votes, 5.1%

How Much Land Does a Man Need by Leo Tolstoy, 66 pages, 1886

16 votes, 5.1%

Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach, 112 pages, 1970

14 votes, 4.4%

The Garden Party and Other Stories Title Story by Katherine Mansfield, very few pages, 1922

13 votes, 4.1%

Passing by Nella Larsen, 122 pages, 1929

12 votes, 3.8%

R.U.R. by Karel Čapek, 58 pages, 1920

12 votes, 3.8%

The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder, 138 pages, 1937

12 votes, 3.8%

Green Tea by J. Sheridan Le Fanu, 88 pages, 1872

10 votes, 3.2%

The Shawl by Cynthia Ozick, 69 pages, 1989

8 votes, 2.5%

Sultana's Dream by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, 64 pages, 1905

7 votes, 2.2%

315 total votes

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