ISBN: 1451017014

House of Gentlefolk seems for many years to have been a favourite with the Englishspeaking public, and is considered by many to be Turgenev sbest. One might not perhaps quarrel with this … More...

House of Gentlefolk seems for many years to have been a favourite with the Englishspeaking public, and is considered by many to be Turgenev sbest. One might not perhaps quarrel with this view if he had not written Fathers and Children. But even that great novel, which Turgenev himself considered his best, does not exhibit to the same extent some of his finest qualities. One does not find in Fathers and Children anything that can be compared with the scene on the seat in the Kalitins garden, or Lavretsky svisit to the garret of the old musician, and the whole of Lavretsky slove-story. It would be difficult to point in any literature to anything so poetical, so deeply pathetic, and so delightfully simple. But Turgenev has created so many exquisite love-stories, each perfect in its way, that one cannot put one above another it must be left to individual taste.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org children's,children's books,classics,criticism and theory,fiction,history,history and criticism,literary,literary criticism,literary criticism and collections Children's Books, Forgotten Books<

ISBN: 1451017014

House of Gentlefolk seems for many years to have been a favourite with the Englishspeaking public, and is considered by many to be Turgenev sbest. One might not perhaps quarrel with this … More...

House of Gentlefolk seems for many years to have been a favourite with the Englishspeaking public, and is considered by many to be Turgenev sbest. One might not perhaps quarrel with this view if he had not written Fathers and Children. But even that great novel, which Turgenev himself considered his best, does not exhibit to the same extent some of his finest qualities. One does not find in Fathers and Children anything that can be compared with the scene on the seat in the Kalitins garden, or Lavretsky svisit to the garret of the old musician, and the whole of Lavretsky slove-story. It would be difficult to point in any literature to anything so poetical, so deeply pathetic, and so delightfully simple. But Turgenev has created so many exquisite love-stories, each perfect in its way, that one cannot put one above another it must be left to individual taste.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org children's,children's books,classics,criticism and theory,education,education and reference,fiction,history,history and criticism,literary Romance, Forgotten Books<