Turgenev
or Tur·ge·niev
I·van Ser·ge·e·vich [ee-vahnsyir-gye-yi-vyich], /iˈvɑn syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/, 1818–83, Russian novelist.
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Your influences include William Trevor, Tolstoy, Turgenev, Dickens, Graham Greene, V.S. Pritchett, and Elizabeth Bowen.
Yiyun Li Takes on Evil in “Kinder Than Solitude” | Jane Ciabattari | February 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe said, “Mel, you should read Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Turgenev, Gogol.”
Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview | Alex Belth | February 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTReaders familiar with Chekhov, Gogol, Pushkin or Turgenev have already tasted some 19th-century Russian gothic literature.
We read of Turgenev who was arrested and exiled to his distant estates for writing a brief obituary notice of Gogol.
Comrade Kropotkin | Victor RobinsonNow the facts are that no one was of greater use to Herzen the arch-revolutionist and his thundering Kolokol, than Turgenev.
Comrade Kropotkin | Victor Robinson
The publication of the book marks the final rupture between Turgenev and the party of Young Russia.
Smoke | Turgenev Ivan SergeevichSmoke was first published in 1867, several years after Turgenev had fixed his home in Baden, with his friends the Viardots.
Smoke | Turgenev Ivan SergeevichOr, perhaps, Turgenev was forgiven for it when he was in his grave, a spot where forgiveness flowers to a late perfection.
Smoke | Turgenev Ivan Sergeevich
British Dictionary definitions for Turgenev
/ (Russian turˈɡjenɪf) /
Ivan Sergeyevich (iˈvan sɪrˈɡjejɪvitʃ). 1818–83, Russian novelist and dramatist. In A Sportsman's Sketches (1852) he pleaded for the abolition of serfdom. His novels, such as Rudin (1856) and Fathers and Sons (1862), are noted for their portrayal of country life and of the Russian intelligentsia. His plays include A Month in the Country (1850)
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