Turgenev's cycle of stories "Notes of a Hunter" was called the most significant "document" of the life of the Russian village in the middle of the 19th century. For the writer himself, the collection became an important, even turning point in his creative biography. He brought Turgenev public success, critical acclaim and personal confidence in his literary vocation. This edition includes ten of the most famous stories in the cycle. They provide an opportunity to get acquainted both with the topic that Turgenev began to develop as one of the first among prose writers, and with his innovative principles of narration. Illustrations by Nikolai Ustinov, one of the most famous Russian landscape illustrators, will help you immerse yourself in Turgenev's world of hunting trips. Contents: Khor and Kalinich, Yermolai and the miller's woman, Raspberry water, Lgov, Bezhin meadow, Burmister, Biryuk, Two landowners, Singers, Forest and steppe
