Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev David Magarshack Edmund Wilson
What makes a great writer? What should his attitude be to his own environment and to European culture? How should he transmute his own experience of life into a work of art? And how should he keep his integrity in face of censorship.
These and other vital questions bearing directly on the art of creative writing Ivan Turgenev considers in his immensely fascinating Literary Reminiscences, towards the end of his life and now translated for the first time into English. These Reminiscences contain several brilliant sketches of famous Russian writers; including Belinsky, Gogol, Krylov and...
What makes a great writer? What should his attitude be to his own environment and to European culture? How should he transmute his own experience of l...
Leo Tolstoy's evocative tale of doomed love--one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century.
Upon it's publication, Anna Karenina startled the world with its powerful portrayal of the human need for love and happiness weighed against the rigid demands of society. Its heroine, the sensual, rebellious Anna, renounces a respectable yet stifling marriage for an extramarital affair that offers a taste of passion even as it ensnares her in a trap for destruction. Her story contrasts with that of Levin, a young, self-doubting agnostic who takes a different path to...
Leo Tolstoy's evocative tale of doomed love--one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century.
This volume includes eight tales in new translations by David Magarshack: The Singers, Bezhin Meadow, Mumu, Assya, First Love, Knock...Knock...Knock..., Living Relics, Clara Milich.
This volume includes eight tales in new translations by David Magarshack: The Singers, Bezhin Meadow, Mumu, Assya, First Love, Knock...Knock...Knoc...
