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Stories by Foreign Authors: Turgenev, Poushkin, Gogol and Tolstoi
Stories by Foreign Authors #8:
Mumu / by Ivan Turgenev ; translated by Constance Garnett
The shot / by Alexander Poushkin ; translated by T. Keane
St. John's Eve / by Nikolai Vasilievitch Gogol ; translated by Isabel F. Hapgood
An old acquaintance / by count Lyof N. Tolstoi ; translated by N.H. Dole.
Mumu / by Ivan Turgenev ; translated by Constance Garnett
The shot / by Alexander Poushkin ; translated by T. Keane
St. John's Eve / by Nikolai Vasilievitch Gogol ; translated by Isabel F. Hapgood
An old acquaintance / by count Lyof N. Tolstoi ; translated by N.H. Dole.
- GenresShort StoriesClassics
160 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1898
About the author
Ivan Turgenev
2,165 books2,894 followersIvan 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 religion, Turgenev was more concerned with the movement toward social reform in Russia.
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, Turgenev was more concerned with the movement toward social reform in Russia.
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November 6, 2020
I'm being generous with my three-star rating. Averaging the ratings I've given each individual story, I'd actually give this offering 2.75 stars.
MUMU and THE SHOT, both 2-star rated, were laborious and lack luster.
ST. JOHN'S EVE, 3 star rated, was on the long side for what it had to say, though what it had to say was beautifully painted.
AN OLD ACQUAINTNACE, 4-star rated, is clearly the best of the stories. While AOA is maybe the longest of the stores, it reads with an eloquent flow that wiles the time away.
I wouldn't recommend this collection to someone who I'd want to engage in Russian lit for the first time.
MUMU and THE SHOT, both 2-star rated, were laborious and lack luster.
ST. JOHN'S EVE, 3 star rated, was on the long side for what it had to say, though what it had to say was beautifully painted.
AN OLD ACQUAINTNACE, 4-star rated, is clearly the best of the stories. While AOA is maybe the longest of the stores, it reads with an eloquent flow that wiles the time away.
I wouldn't recommend this collection to someone who I'd want to engage in Russian lit for the first time.
July 21, 2014
Aside from Ivan Turgenev's Mumu and St. John's Eve by Nikolai Gogol, the rest seems fairly normal if not uninteresting enough. Even Leo Tolstoy cannot sparks much interests from me.
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