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Rudin was written by Turgenev in the immediate aftermath of the Crimean War, when it became obvious to many educated Russians that reform was needed. The main debate of Turgenev''s own generation was that of East versus West. Rudin depicts a typical man of this generation, aka the men of forties, intellectual but ineffective. Rudin is often compared to Pushkin''s Eugene Onegin and Lermontov''s Pechorin.

Turgenev''s first major prose work is a series of twenty-five Sketches: the observations and anecdotes of the author during his travels through Russia satisfying his passion for hunting. His album is filled with moving insights into the lives of those he encounters - peasants and landowners, doctors and bailiffs, neglected wives and bereft mothers - each providing a glimpse of love, tragedy, courage and loss, and anticipating Turgenev''s great later works such as First Love and Fathers and Sons. His depiction of the cruelty and arrogance of the ruling classes was considered subversive and led to his arrest and confinement to his estate, but these sketches opened the minds of contemporary readers to the plight of the peasantry and were even said to have led Tsar Alexander II to abolish serfdom. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Ivan Sokolov, a famous grandmaster who has beaten world champions like Kasparov, Kramnik and Anand, has written a lucid guide on how to win chess middlegames, by addressing an almost universally ignored but extremely important topic: pawn structures. With very accessible verbal explanations this book helps you to solve the basic problems of chess middlegames: space, tension and initiative. Study of this important book, with dozens of highly instructive and clearly explained games from the greats of chess, will enhance your middlegame skills and will let you understand why pawns are considered to be ?the souls of chess?.

Home of the Gentry, also translated as A Nest of the Gentlefolk and A Nest of the Gentry, is a novel by Ivan Turgenev published in the January 1859 issue of Sovremennik.

The novel specializes in the existence of the principle character, Ilya Ilyich Oblomov. Oblomov is a member of the higher center elegance and the son of a member of Russia''s nineteenth-century landed gentry. Oblomov''s distinguishing feature is his slothful mind-set closer to existence. Oblomov increases this trait to an artwork form, carrying out his little day by day enterprise from his mattress.

Reproduction of the original: A Reckless Character by Ivan Turgenev

This novel, a follow-up to Rudin, is about Russian society, idealism, youth, and disillusionment. It is centred on Lisa, a smart and successful young woman who embodies the conventional, devout, innocent, and modest Russian girlhood of that time, and is situated among the verdant fields owned by affluent Russians.

This classic and concise text describes immunologic mechanisms and their purpose/importance, while illustrations display complex structures, processes and interactions. Exceptional full-color artwork, chapter objectives, summary headings, critical thinking questions and updated references citing current literature continue to keep the book out front inn a constantly advancing discipline. Neuroendocrine immunology and nutrition and immunity are among the new topics covered and there is significantly increased coverage of AIDS.

In "A Reckless Character, and Other Stories," Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev presents a compelling collection of narratives that delve into the complexities of human relationships, societal norms, and existential musings. Renowned for his lyrical prose, Turgenev employs a realistic style that reflects the nuances of 19th-century Russian life, blending psychological depth with poignant observations. Each story captures the heart of its characters''Äô moral dilemmas, with particular attention to the interplay between personal desire and societal expectation, showcasing Turgenev''s masterful grasp of human emotion and his ability to evoke empathy through incisive character studies. Turgenev, a significant figure in Russian literature, lived during a time of social change and artistic upheaval. His exploration of themes such as the conflict between the individual and society can be traced back to his own experiences with the liberal movements of his era and his tumultuous relationships with contemporaries like Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. His deep understanding of the shifting Russian social landscape undoubtedly influenced the creation of these stories, where reckless characters often face the consequences of their choices amidst conflicting cultural ideals. This collection is essential reading for those interested in the intricate tapestry of human experience, as Turgenev provides not only entertainment but also profound insights into the nature of folly and regret. Ideal for scholars of Russian literature and casual readers alike, "A Reckless Character and Other Stories" invites readers to reflect on their own moral compasses while navigating the unpredictable seas of life.

When a young graduate returns home he is accompanied, much to his father and uncle''s discomfort, by a strange friend ''who doesn''t acknowledge any authorities, who doesn''t accept a single principle on faith.'' Turgenev''s masterpiece of generational conflict shocked Russian society when it was published in 1862 and continues today to seem as fresh and outspoken as it did to those who first encountered its nihilistic hero. Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev was a Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright. His first major publication, a short story collection entitled A Sportsman''s Sketches, was a milestone of Russian Realism, and his novel Fathers and Sons is regarded as one of the major works of 19th-century fiction.

Vladimir Petrovich Voldemar, a 16-year-old, is staying in the country with his family and meets Zinaida Alexandrovna Zasyekina, a beautiful 21-year-old woman, staying with her mother, Princess Zasyekina, in a wing of the manor. This family, as with many of the Russian minor nobility with royal ties of that time, were only afforded a degree of respectability because of their titles; the Zasyekins, in the case of this story, are a very poor family. The young Vladimir falls irretrievably in love with Zinaida, who has a set of several other (socially more eligible) suitors whom he joins in their difficult and often fruitless search for the young lady''s favour.

Torrents of Spring, also known as Spring Torrents is a novel by Ivan Turgenev that was first published in 1872. It is highly autobiographical in nature, and centers on a young Russian landowner, Dimitry Sanin, who falls deliriously in love for the first time while visiting the German city of Frankfurt. Written during 1870 and 1871, when Turgenev was in his fifties, the novel is widely held as one of his greatest.

The party had long ago broken up. The clock struck half-past twelve. There was left in the room only the master of the house and Sergei Nikolaevitch and Vladimir Petrovitch.The master of the house rang and ordered the remains of the supper to be cleared away. ''And so it''s settled, '' he observed, sitting back farther in his easy-chair and lighting a cigar; ''each of us is to tell the story of his first love. It''s your turn, Sergei Nikolaevitch.''Sergei Nikolaevitch, a round little man with a plump, light-complexioned face, gazed first at the master of the house, then raised his eyes to the ceiling. ''I had no first love, '' he said at last; ''I began with the second.''''How was that?''''It''s very simple. I was eighteen when I had my first flirtation with a charming young lady, but I courted her just as though it were nothing new to me; just as I courted others later on. To speak accurately, the first and last time I was in love was with my nurse when I was six years old; but that''s in the remote past. The details of our relations have slipped out of my memory, and even if I remembered them, whom could they interest

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From Clement to Origen addresses the engagement of a number of pre-Nicene Church Fathers with the surrounding culture. David Rankin considers the historical and social context of the Fathers, grouped in cities and regions, their writings and theological reflections, and discusses how the particular engagement of each with major aspects of the surrounding culture influences, informs and shapes their thought and the articulation of that thought.The social and historical context of the Church Fathers is explored with respect to the Roman state, the imperial office and imperial cult, Greco-Roman class structures and the patron-client system, issues of wealth production and other commercial activity, the major philosophical thinkers in antiquity, and to rhetorical theory and practice and the higher learning of the day.

Ivan Bunin started working upon Mitya''s Love in Grasse in the summer of 1924. In the course of writing plot lines were changing continuously. The first version (marked as of June 3, 1924, by Vera Muromtseva) told the story of a ''moral fall'' of a young man who''s been degraded and compromised by a local village counterman. The theme of Mitya''s love for Katya appeared later and soon became the major one. Some versions were full of details of country life, Alyonka''s proposed marriage and Moscow''s bohemian life Katya fell victim of. Most of these sub-plots were later omitted.

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Oblomov, novel by Russian writer Ivan Goncharov, published in 1859. The work is a powerful critique of 19th-century Russia, contrasting aristocrats with the merchant class and condemning the feudal system.

Turgenev was the first writer who was able, having both Slavic and universal imagination enough for it, to interpret modern Russia to the outer world, and Virgin Soil was the last word of his greater testament. It was the book in which many English readers were destined to make his acquaintance about a generation ago, and the effect of it was, like Swinburne''s Songs Before Sunrise, Mazzini''s Duties of Man, and other congenial documents, to break up the insular confines in which they had been reared and to enlarge their new horizon. Afterwards they went on to read Tolstoi, and Turgenev''s powerful and antipathetic fellow-novelist, Dostoievsky, and many other Russian writers: but as he was the greatest artist of them all, his individual revelation of his country''s predicament did not lose its effect. Writing in prose he achieved a style of his own which went as near poetry as narrative prose can do. without using the wrong music: while over his realism or his irony he cast a tinge of that mixed modern and oriental fantasy which belonged to his temperament. He suffered in youth, and suffered badly, from the romantic malady of his century, and that other malady of Russia, both expressed in what M. Haumand terms his Hamletisme. But in Virgin Soil he is easy and almost negligent master of his instrument, and though he is an exile and at times a sharply embittered one, he gathers experience round his theme as only the artist can who has enriched leis art by having outlived his youth without forgetting its pangs, joys, mortifications, and love-songs.

A psychological comedy and social satire set in mid-nineteenth-century Russia.

Focusing on the integrated understanding of the role of systems within the business, organizationally and strategically, this book demonstrates theory by including extensive business examples, and by ending each chapter with international case studies. Topics covered include: the nature of organizations management roles and functions information as a resource systems approaches different information systems and what they can achieve structural and cultural fit and information systems change management and information systems strategic business and information systems management. Combining readability with theoretical concepts, this book is suitable for both advanced undergraduate and MBA/Masters students.

First Love is a novella by Ivan Turgenev, first published in 1860. It is one of his most popular pieces of short fiction. It tells the love story between a 21-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy.