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On one level the novel is about the homecoming of Lavretsky, who, broken and disillusioned by a failed marriage, returns to his estate and finds love again - only to lose it. The sense of loss and of unfulfilled promise, beautifully captured by Turgenev, reflects his underlying theme that... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Lizaveta Mikhaylovna: Add a description of this character.
- Marya Dmitrievna
- Lavretsky
- Varvara Pavlovna
- Ivan Petrovich
- Panshin
- Fyodor Ivanych
- Anton
- Mikhalevich
- Pyotr Andreyich
- Vladimir Nikolaich
- Gedeonovsky
- Malanya Sergeyevna
- Sergey Petrovich
- Anna Pavlovna
- Glafira Petrovna
- Christopher Fyodorych
- Lavriki
- Nastasya Karpovna
- Agafya
- Fedya
- Mrs Belenitsyn
- Justine
- M. Jules
- Marfa Timofeyevna
- Layretsky
- Pestov
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First Sentence edit
A BRIGHT spring day was drawing towards evening; small pink clouds stood high in a clear sky and seemed not so much to float past as to recede into the very depths of the blue.
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This book is in Penguin Classics. (publisher edition list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Ivan Turgenev (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: Russian
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Publication Date: 1859
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Publication Date: 1859
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- Dewey: 891.733
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