[Gutenberg 8871] • A Desperate Character and Other Stories
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- Authors
- Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich
- Publisher
- Dodo Press
- Tags
- classics , russia -- social life and customs -- fiction , ivan sergeevich , turgenev , 1818-1883 -- translations into english
- ISBN
- 9781406569995
- Date
- 2008-02-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.19 MB
- Lang
- en
A DESPERATE CHARACTER AND OTHER TALES is a collection of Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev's stories that spans his career. The six tales were written between 1847 and 1881. "Pyetushkov" (1847), "The Brigadier" (1867), "A Strange Story" (1869), "Punin and Baburin" (1874), "Old Portraits" (1881), and "A Desperate Character" (1881) are a showcase of the classic Russian stylist's work and a study in Russian lyrical fatalism, idealism, and a struggle with issues of will and aspirations.