The Novels And Stories Of Ivan Turgenieff Spring Freshets And Other Stories

Author : Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
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ISBN 13 : 9781330973356
Total Pages : 394 pages
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Download or read book The Novels and Stories of Iván Turgénieff written by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Novels and Stories of Ivan Turgenieff: Spring Freshets and Others Stories Whole series of lesser stories written during the last fifteen or twenty years of the author's life. In them the poet subjects to microscopic and profoundly-artistic analysis the idea of the marvellous. He scrutinises the supernatural in its relations both with the accidents and the self-deception of human conceit (in the story" Knock... Knock ... Knock," in this connection, he even bears himself with the greatest scepticism and incredulity toward the supernatural), as also with covetous deception and crime("The Story of Lieutenant Ergunoff"), and with magnetism("A Strange Story," and "The Song of Love Triumphant");and, in conclusion, as the manifestation and action of a spirit("The Dog," and "Father Alexyei's Story") With a vivid interest which grips the heart, and with profound, though hidden and painful sympathy, does Turgenieff depict mans tendency toward the marvellous, his thirst for the supernatural, the immortal. One of the author's favourite themes was a weak man bowing down before a strong woman. This he used in "Rudin," "Smoke," "The Region of Dead Calm," "The End of Tchertop-khanofT," and in "Spring Freshets." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."