On the Eve

Name: On the Eve
Author: Ivan Turgenev

by Ivan Turgenev

Novel of a woman's attraction to a revolutionary as social change approaches

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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.

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