(03/26/2008) On The Eve by Ivan Turgenev. Baltimore. 1967. Penguin Books. Translated From The Russian By Gilbert Gardiner. keywords: Penguin Classic Paperback Russia Translated Literature 19th Century. L9. 234 pages. The cover shows a detail from 'The Aristocrat at Breakfast' by P. A. Fedotov.
A novel of love and revolutionary fervor from Ivan Turgenev.
FROM THE PUBLISHER -
Though essentially a love story with a historical background, ON THE EVE hints in its title at social and political implications which no Russian reader could miss when it appeared in 1859. Turgenev's study oh Elena Stahov, in love with a Bulgarian revolutionary, is a memorable achievement of character-drawing, but the authors artistry is nowhere more clearly shown than in his development of the minor characters. Turgenev's touch is light and his sense of humour delicious, and the story, as it moves to its inevitable and tragic conclusion, is never oppressive.
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