Turgenev Ivan Sergeyevich Report has prepared by: Bruzgin Ura Ilunkin Artem Svetlov Ildar

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Biography Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev came of an old stock of the Russian nobility. He was born in Orel, in the province of Orel, which lies more than a hundred miles south of Moscow, on October 28, His education was begun by tutors at home in the great family mansion in the manor of Spasskoe- Lutovinovo, and he studied later at the universities of Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Berlin. The influence of the last, and of the compatriots with whom he associated there, was very great; and when he returned to Moscow in 1841, he was ambitious to teach Hegel to the students there. Before this could be arranged, however, he entered the Ministry of the Interior at St. Petersburg. While there his interests turned more and more toward literature. He wrote verses and comedies, read George Sand, and made the acquaintance of Dostoevsky and the critic Bielinski. His mother, a tyrannical woman with an ungovernable temper, was eager that he should make a brilliant official career; so, when he resigned from the Ministry in 1845, she showed her disapproval by cutting down his allowance and thus forcing him to support himself by the profession he had chosen. Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev came of an old stock of the Russian nobility. He was born in Orel, in the province of Orel, which lies more than a hundred miles south of Moscow, on October 28, His education was begun by tutors at home in the great family mansion in the manor of Spasskoe- Lutovinovo, and he studied later at the universities of Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Berlin. The influence of the last, and of the compatriots with whom he associated there, was very great; and when he returned to Moscow in 1841, he was ambitious to teach Hegel to the students there. Before this could be arranged, however, he entered the Ministry of the Interior at St. Petersburg. While there his interests turned more and more toward literature. He wrote verses and comedies, read George Sand, and made the acquaintance of Dostoevsky and the critic Bielinski. His mother, a tyrannical woman with an ungovernable temper, was eager that he should make a brilliant official career; so, when he resigned from the Ministry in 1845, she showed her disapproval by cutting down his allowance and thus forcing him to support himself by the profession he had chosen.

The manor of Spasskoe-Lutovinovo

Literary product The two works by Turgenev contained in the present volume are characteristic in their concern with social and political questions, and in the prominence in both of them of heroes who fail in action. Turgenev preaches no doctrine in his novels, has no remedy for the universe; but he sees clearly certain weaknesses of the Russian character and exposes these with absolute candor yet without unkindness. Much as he lived abroad, his books are intensely Russian; yet of the great Russian novelists he alone rivals the masters of western Europe in the matter of form. In economy of means, condensation, felicity of language, and excellence of structure he surpasses all his countrymen; and Fathers and Sons and A House of Gentlefolk represent his great and delicate art at its best. The two works by Turgenev contained in the present volume are characteristic in their concern with social and political questions, and in the prominence in both of them of heroes who fail in action. Turgenev preaches no doctrine in his novels, has no remedy for the universe; but he sees clearly certain weaknesses of the Russian character and exposes these with absolute candor yet without unkindness. Much as he lived abroad, his books are intensely Russian; yet of the great Russian novelists he alone rivals the masters of western Europe in the matter of form. In economy of means, condensation, felicity of language, and excellence of structure he surpasses all his countrymen; and Fathers and Sons and A House of Gentlefolk represent his great and delicate art at its best.

Fathers and Sons Fathers and Sons is the novel often included in selections of literature for studies, it deals with the eternal problem of conflict between generations. The main hero is representative of younger generation who makes a stake at common sense and dedicated work in his profession. His views are in conflict with philosophy, style of life and certain sentimentality of another characteran aristocrat from the generation of fathers. They cannot find common language. Fathers and Sons is the novel often included in selections of literature for studies, it deals with the eternal problem of conflict between generations. The main hero is representative of younger generation who makes a stake at common sense and dedicated work in his profession. His views are in conflict with philosophy, style of life and certain sentimentality of another characteran aristocrat from the generation of fathers. They cannot find common language.

A House of Gentlefolk Turgenev began his career as a philosopher; had not the Russian government abolished university instruction of the subject in 1841, he may never have given the world such beautiful novels as Fathers and Sons. Turgenev wrote his first sketches in the early 1840's, around the time that he met Pauline Viardot-Garcнa, a married woman whom he loved, unrequited, for the rest of his life. Turgenev's critical depiction of both radicals and conservatives in Fathers and Sons, a story of Russia's growing intergenerational schism, led to public outrage which drove him to live most of the rest of his life in western Europe. There he wrote his other best-known work, Torrents of Spring, and died of spine cancer with Pauline Viardot, with whom he had remained friends, beside him. Turgenev began his career as a philosopher; had not the Russian government abolished university instruction of the subject in 1841, he may never have given the world such beautiful novels as Fathers and Sons. Turgenev wrote his first sketches in the early 1840's, around the time that he met Pauline Viardot-Garcнa, a married woman whom he loved, unrequited, for the rest of his life. Turgenev's critical depiction of both radicals and conservatives in Fathers and Sons, a story of Russia's growing intergenerational schism, led to public outrage which drove him to live most of the rest of his life in western Europe. There he wrote his other best-known work, Torrents of Spring, and died of spine cancer with Pauline Viardot, with whom he had remained friends, beside him.