Ivan Turgenev

A Russian author.

Fathers and Sons

nihilist Bazarov opposes aristocrat Pavel Kirsanov

A Month in the Country

Natalia and her ward Vera love her son’s tutor

A Nest of the Gentlefolk

Fyodor Lavretsky’s presumed-dead wife returns as he is about to marry Liza Kalitina

On the Eve

Elena Stakhova scorns scholar Bersenev, sculptor Shubin, and civil servant Kurnatovsky but loves Bulgarian revolutionary Insarov

Rudin

Dmitry Rudin talks brilliantly but does not take action. frightened by love of Natalya Alekseyevna. shot during 1848 Paris revolt

Smoke

Litvinov loves Tanya but is distracted by old lover Irina

A Sportsman’s Sketches

short stories about life on feudal estates in Russia

Virgin Soil

student Nezhdanov and Marianna join revolution but he realizes he is not fitted for it and kills self. she marries Solomin who works for democratic Russia