Rudin: New Translation
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Rudin: New Translation
By (Author) Ivan Turgenev
Translated by Dora O'Brien
Alma Books Ltd
Alma Classics
1st August 2012
21st June 2012
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
Fiction in translation
891.733
Physical Properties
Paperback
192
Width 128mm, Height 198mm
183g
Description
Dmitry Rudin, a high-minded gentleman of reduced means, arrives at the estate of Darya Mikhailovna, where his intelligence, eloquence and conviction immediately make a powerful impression. As he stys on longer than intended, Rudin exerts a strong influence on the younger generation, and Darya's daughter, Natalya, falls in love with him. But circumstances soon will show whether Rudin has the courage to act on his beliefs, and whether he can live ip to the image he has created for himself.
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Turgenev to me is the greatest writer there ever was. -- Ernest Hemingway
Turgenev to me is the greatest writer there ever was. -- Ernest Hemingway
Author Bio
Ivan Turgenev (181883) was a novelist, poet and dramatist, and now ranks as one of the towering figures of Russian literature. His masterpiece, Fathers and Children, is considered one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century.
