A Sportsman's Notebook

Stories

by Ivan Turgenev

On Sale: 01/07/2020

A Sportsman's Notebook

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A Sportsman's Notebook

Stories

by Ivan Turgenev

On Sale: 01/07/2020

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About the Book

Twenty-five beautifully written stories, penned in exile, evocatively depicting life on a manor in feudal Russia and examining the conflicts between serfs and landlords

A Sportsman’s Notebook, Ivan Turgenev’s first literary masterpiece, is a sweeping portrayal of the magnificent nineteenth–century Russian countryside and the harsh lives of those who inhabited it. In a powerful and gripping series of sketches, a hunter wanders through the vast landscape of steppe and forest in search of game, encountering a varied cast of peasants, landlords, bailiffs, overseers, horse traders, and merchants. He witnesses both feudal tyranny and the submission of the tyrannized, against a backdrop of the sublime and pitiless terrain of rural Russia.

These exquisitely rendered stories, now with a stirring introduction from Daniyal Mueenuddin, were not only universally popular with the reading public but, through the influence they exerted on important members of the Tsarist bureaucracy, contributed to the major political event of mid–nineteenth–century Russia: the Great Emancipation of the serfs in 1861. Rarely has a book that offers such undiluted literary pleasure also been so strong a force for significant social change, one that continues to speak to readers centuries later.

Critical Praise

"The character depictions are marked by their warmth and fondness...Re-reading this book made me happy in that simple yet rare way that one is lifted up by sincerity, probity and kindness." — Wall Street Journal

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Product Details

  • ISBN: 9780062968470
  • ISBN 10: 0062968475
  • Imprint: Ecco
  • On Sale: 01/07/2020
  • Pages: 416
  • List Price:21.00 CAD
  • BISAC1 : FICTION / Humorous / Black Humor
  • BISAC2 : FICTION / Psychological
  • BISAC3 : FICTION / Sea Stories
  • BISAC4 : FICTION / Romance / Historical / 20th Century
  • BISAC5 : FICTION / Short Stories (single author)
  • BISAC6 : FICTION / Jewish
  • BISAC7 : FICTION / Contemporary Women
  • BISAC8 : FICTION / Literary
  • BISAC9 : FICTION / Classics
  • BISAC10 : FICTION / African American / General

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