Ivan Turgenev
Russian novelist and playwright celebrated for the lyrical beauty of his prose and his nuanced portrayals of the Russian intelligentsia. Fathers and Sons introduced the concept of nihilism to a broad readership.
Works
- Fathers and SonsNovel examining conflict between liberal idealism and revolutionary nihilism in Russia
- RudinNovella portraying an idealistic but ineffectual man and disappointed love
- On the EveNovel of a woman's attraction to a revolutionary as social change approaches
- A Nest of NoblesLyrical novel of passion and yearning among rural gentry in provincial Russia
- SmokeNovel set amid European exile depicting philosophical and romantic disillusionment