Arkady Kirsanov has just graduated from the University of Petersburg and returns with a friend, Bazarov, to his father's modest estate in an outlying province of Russia. His father, Nikolai, gladly receives the two young men at his estate, called Marino, but Nikolai's brother, Pavel, soon becomes upset by the strange new philosophy called "nihilism" which the young men advocate.

Turgenev's shy hero, Tchulkaturin, is a representative example of a Russian archetype - the "superfluous man," a sort of Hamlet not necessarily dignified with the title Prince: an individual of comfortable means leading a dreary existence, without purpose and led on by events which may, as in this story, engulf him. Other stories included are; "Three Portraits," "Three Meetings," "Mumu," "The Inn."

"A Nobleman's Nest 1858" from Ivan Turgenev. Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (1818-1883).

"A Reckless Character And Other Stories" from Ivan Turgenev. Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (1818-1883).

"Liza" from Ivan Turgenev. Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (1818-1883).

Set in Baden-Baden, Smoke is Ivan Turgenev's most cosmopolitan novels. It is an exquisite study of politics and society and an enduringly poignant love story. Smoke, with its European setting, barbed wit, and visionary call for Russia to look west, became the center of a famous philosophical breach between Turgenev and Dostoevsky.

Torrents of Spring
Ivan Turgenev (1818 - 1883)
Torrents of Spring, also known as Spring Torrents, is a novel written by Ivan Turgenev during 1870 and 1871 when he was in his fifties. The story centers around a young Russian landowner named Dimitry Sanin who falls deliriously in love for the first time while visiting the German city of Frankfurt. It is widely held as one Turgenev's greatest novels as well as being highly autobiographical in nature.