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The doctor has just left me. At last I have got at something definite! For all his cunning, he had to speak out at last. Yes, I am soon, very soon, to die. The frozen rivers will break up, and with the last snow I shall, most likely, swim away... whither? God knows! To the ocean... Read Full Overview

When Turgenev published Diary of a Superfluous Man in 1850, he created one of the first literary portraits of the alienated man. Turgenev once said that there was a great deal of himself in the unsuccessful lovers who appear in his fiction. This failure, along with painful self-consciousness,... Read Full Overview

If there could be said to be a central river - a Volga, as it were - feeding Russian literature since its inception, it is this: heroes conform, accepting fate and the will of the community; antiheroes are individualists who do not fit into society, who battle against fate and... Read Full Overview

A vivid picture of nineteenth-century Russian society, but above all the poignant story of a man whose mortality becomes the only aspect of life that he shares with his fellow man.

Quando Turgu niev publicou O Di rio de um Homem Sup rfluo, em 1850, criou um dos primeiros retratos liter rios do homem alienado. O Di rio de um Homem Sup rfluo um conto fascinante de um ineficaz Hamlet russo. Uma excelente introdu o percep o social agu ada, rica caracteriza... Read Full Overview

The Diary of a Superfluous Man is a novella written by Ivan Turgenev, a prominent Russian author. The story is told through the diary entries of the protagonist, a middle-aged man named Chulkaturin, who feels that he is a superfluous person in society. He is a retired civil servant... Read Full Overview

Cuando Turgu niev public Diario de un Hombre Superfluo en 1850, cre uno de los primeros retratos literarios del hombre alienado. El Diario de un Hombre Superfluo es un fascinante relato de una ineficaz aldea rusa. Una excelente introducci n a la aguda percepci n social, rica... Read Full Overview

Iwan Turgenjew: Tagebuch eines ?berfl?ssigen Begonnen 1848 in Paris, 1850 ver?ffentlicht in den Otetschestwennye Sapiski. Hier in der ersten deutschen ?bersetzung aus Iwan Turgenjews ausgew?hlte Werke, Mitau, E. Behre Verlag, 1884. Neuausgabe. Herausgegeben von Karl-Maria Guth... Read Full Overview

A vivid picture of nineteenth-century Russian society, but above all the poignant story of a man whose mortality becomes the only aspect of life that he shares with his fellow man.

A vivid picture of nineteenth-century Russian society, but above all the poignant story of a man whose mortality becomes the only aspect of life that he shares with his fellow man.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

The Diary of a Superfluous Man is a novella written by the renowned Russian author, Ivan Turgenev. The story centers around the life of a man named Chulkaturin, who is a middle-aged government clerk living in St. Petersburg. Chulkaturin is a solitary figure who has never been... Read Full Overview