Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev is one of the world-famous Russian classics. A true master of words and a subtle stylist, he reflected in his work on the pressing social issues of his time; at the same time, his works not only captured but also helped shape the image of the Russian person of the 19th century. "He created images of men and women who became role models. He set the fashion," believed the well-known journalist and publisher A. S. Suvorin; and L. N. Tolstoy said of Turgenev's young women: "Perhaps there were none such as he wrote about, but when he wrote them, they appeared." Turgenev himself said of his work: "...I strove, as far as my strength and ability allowed, to conscientiously and impartially depict and embody into proper types what Shakespeare calls: 'the body and pressure of time'."
This edition includes such works as "Fathers and Sons," "Rudin," "A Nest of the Gentry," "A Sportsman's Sketches," and "Mumu." They are printed with illustrations by outstanding masters of book graphics — P. Sokolov, E. Boehm, D. Kardovsky, and K. Rudakov.
Author: Ivan Turgenev
Pages: 800 (offset). Hardcover
Dimensions: 140x210 mm
Series: Russian Literature. Big Books
