Rudin by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
"Rudin" by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev is a novel first published in 1856. It introduces Turgenev's enduring theme of the "superfluous man"—an eloquent, educated nobleman whose intellectual brilliance masks a fatal inability to act. When the charismatic but penniless Rudin arrives at a country estate, he captivates its inhabitants with his words and captures the heart of Natalya, a perceptive seventeen-year-old daughter of the estate owner. Their love story becomes a test of
whether Rudin's soaring rhetoric can translate into genuine deed. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich, 1818-1883 |
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| Translator | Talvio, Maila, 1871-1951 |
| Title | Rudin |
| Original Publication | Finland: Otava, 1896. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudin |
| Note | Translation of: Рудин. |
| Credits | Tapio Riikonen |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 44.5 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | Finnish |
| LoC Class | PG: Language and Literatures: Slavic (including Russian), Languages and Literature |
| Subject | Man-woman relationships -- Fiction |
| Subject | Russia -- Intellectual life -- 1801-1917 -- Fiction |
| Subject | Upper class -- Russia -- Fiction |
| Subject | Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich, 1818-1883 -- Translations into Finnish |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 70892 |
| Release Date | Jun 1, 2023 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jun 3, 2023 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 193 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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