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Turgenev's first major prose work is a series of twenty-five Sketches: the observations and anecdotes of the author during his travels through Russia satisfying his passion for hunting. His album is filled with moving insights into the lives of those he encounters - peasants... Read Full Overview

Generally thought to be the work that led to the abolishment of serfdom in Russia, "Sketches from a Hunter's Album" is a series of short stories, written in 1852, that gained Turgenev widespread recognition for his unique writing style. These stories were the result of Turgenev's... Read Full Overview

Presented here in a beautiful hardcover edition, Ivan Turgenev's first literary masterpiece is a sweeping portrayal of the magnificent nineteenth-century Russian countryside and the harsh lives of those who inhabited it.

In a series of sketches, a hunter wanders... Read Full Overview

V knigu voshli rasskazy I. S. Turgeneva - znamenitye "Zapiski ohotnika," prinesshie pisatelju shirokuju izvestnost'. Zapiski ohotnika pojavilis' v pechati otdel'nymi rasskazami i ocherkami na rubezhe sorokovyh i pjatidesjatyh godov i ob#edinennye zatem v knigu, sostavili pervoe... Read Full Overview

Twenty-five beautifully written stories, penned in exile, evocatively depicting life on a manor in feudal Russia and examining the conflicts between serfs and landlords

A Sportsman's Notebook, Ivan Turgenev's first literary masterpiece, is a sweeping... Read Full Overview

A collection of classic short stories by the acclaimed author Ivan Turgenev. The stories include:Tatyana Borissovna and Her Nephew , Death, The Singers, Piotr Petrovitch Karataev, The Tryst, The Hamlet of the Shtchigri District, Tchertop-Hanov and Nedopyuskin, The End of Tchertop-Hanov,... Read Full Overview

On a visit to the Zhizdrinsky district in search of sport, I met in the fields a petty proprietor of the Kaluga province called Polutikin, and made his acquaintance. He was an enthusiastic sportsman; it follows, therefore, that he was an excellent fellow. He was liable, indeed,... Read Full Overview

Turgenev's first major publication, Memoirs of a Hunter is a series of tales based largely on the author's own experiences while hunting on his mother's estate of Spasskoye, where he became aware of the iniquities of the system of serfdom and the privations and indignities... Read Full Overview

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A Sportsman's Sketches was an 1852 collection of short stories by Ivan Turgenev. It was the first major writing that gained him recognition. He wrote this collection of short stories based on his own observations while hunting at his mother's estate at Spasskoye, where he learned... Read Full Overview

Sketches from a Hunter's Album (also known as The Hunting Sketches and A Sportsman's Sketches ) was an 1852 collection of short stories by Ivan Turgenev. It was the first major writing that gained him recognition. He wrote this collection of short stories based on his own observations... Read Full Overview

A Sportsman's Sketches (also known as The Hunting Sketches and Sketches from a Hunter's Album) is an 1852 collection of short stories by Ivan Turgenev. It was the first major writing that gained him recognition. He wrote this collection of short stories based on his own observations... Read Full Overview

This Squid Ink Classic includes the full text of the work plus MLA style citations for scholarly secondary sources, peer-reviewed journal articles and critical essays for when your teacher requires extra resources in MLA format for your research paper.

This Squid Ink Classic includes the full text of the work plus MLA style citations for scholarly secondary sources, peer-reviewed journal articles and critical essays for when your teacher requires extra resources in MLA format for your research paper.