Ivan Turganev Books

Ivan Turgenev stands as a towering figure of Russian literature, known for his realistic and affectionate portrayals of the Russian peasantry. His penetrating studies focused on the Russian intelligentsia striving for social reform and a new age for the country. Unlike contemporaries Dostoevsky and Tolstoy, Turgenev was more concerned with social change than with religious themes. His masterpiece is regarded as one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century.