First Love - Couverture souple

Turgenev, Ivan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0192825917 ISBN 13 : 9780192825919

Editeur : Oxford Paperbacks, 1989

Synopsis

Ivan Turgenev (1818-83) had the ability to expand the significance of a single episode into a story that illustrated a whole life, a relationship, or even an entire age. This collection brings together six of his best-known "long" short stories in one volume. With the exception of "The Song of Triumphant Love", which is set in Renaissance Italy, the stories are all partly autobiographical. They have been chosen to demonstrate the evolution of Turgenev's skills and interests, from the diary form of his famous study of a "superfluous man" (1850) through his exposure of the tyranny of serfdom in the small work "Mumu" (1854), to his two evocations of love, "Asya" (1850) and "First Love" (1860). The volume also contains an introduction and explanatory notes. Professor Richard Freeborn has previously translated Turgenev's "Spring Torrents" and "Sketches from a Hunters's Album".

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This collection brings together six of Turgenev's best-known `long' short stories, in which he turns his skills of psychological observation and black comedy to subjects as diverse as the tyranny of serfdom, love, and revenge on the Russian steppes. These stories all display the elegance and clarity of Turgenev's finest writing. Richard Freeborn was until recently Professor of Russian at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, London. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Revue de presse

'Turgenev's superbly ironic story, The Diary Of A Superfluous Man, in which a dying man reflects on the futility of his life, is among the six collected in this volume, in Oxford University Press's valuable series of classic texts.' Guardian

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford Paperbacks
• Date d'édition: 1989
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0192825917
• ISBN 13: 9780192825919
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 298
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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