Rudin
Novel by Ivan Turgenev / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rudin (Russian: «Рудин», pronounced [ˈrudʲɪn]) is the first novel by Russian realist writer Ivan Turgenev. Turgenev started to work on it in 1855, and it was first published in the literary magazine "Sovremennik" in 1856; several changes were made by Turgenev in subsequent editions.
Author | Ivan Turgenev |
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Original title | Рудин |
Translator | Constance Garnett (1894) Richard Freeborn (1975) |
Language | Russian |
Genre | Political, Romance |
Publisher | Sovremennik |
Publication date | 1856 |
Publication place | Russia |
Published in English | 1894 |
Rudin was the first of Turgenev's novels, but already in this work the topic of the superfluous man and his inability to act (which became a major theme of Turgenev's literary work) was explored. Similarly to other Turgenev's novels, the main conflict in Rudin was centred on a love story of the main character and a young, but intellectual and self-conscious woman who is contrasted with the main hero (this type of female character became known in literary criticism as «тургеневская девушка», “Turgenev girl”).