On the Eve

By Turgenev, Ivan

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Title:	On the Eve
Author:	Turgenev, Ivan
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature, Literature & thought, Writing.
Collections:	Blackmask Online Collection
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Publisher:	Blackmask Online


Citation APA MLA Chicago Turgenev, I. (n.d.). On the Eve. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.us/

Excerpt
Introduction: This exquisite novel, first published in 1859, like so many great works of art, holds depths of meaning which at first sight lie veiled under the simplicity and harmony of the technique. To the English reader On the Eve is a charmingly drawn picture of a quiet Russian household, with a delicate analysis of a young girl?s soul; but to Russians it is also a deep and penetrating diagnosis of the destinies of the Russia of the fifties. Elena, the Russian girl, is the central figure of the novel. In comparing her with Turgenev?s other women, the reader will remark that he is allowed to come into closer spiritual contact with her than even with Lisa. The successful portraits of women drawn by men in fiction are generally figures for the imagination to play on; however much that is told to one about them, the secret springs of their character are left a little obscure, but when Elena stands before us we know all the innermost secrets of her character.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: On the Eve, 1 -- Ivan Turgenev, 1 -- Introduction, 2 -- I, 6 -- II, 11 -- III, 12 -- IV, 14 -- V, 17 -- VI, 20 -- VII, 22 -- VIII, 25 -- IX, 28 -- X, 30 -- XI, 34 -- XII, 36 -- XIII, 38 -- XIV, 40 -- XV, 43 -- XVI, 49 -- XVII, 51 -- XVIII, 54 -- XIX, 58 -- XX, 60 -- XXI, 62 -- XXII, 62 -- XXIII, 66 -- XXIV, 69 -- XXV, 71 -- XXVI, 75 -- XXVII, 75 -- XXVIII, 76 -- XXIX, 80 -- XXX, 83 -- XXXI, 88 -- XXXII, 89 -- XXXIII, 91 -- XXXIV, 96 -- XXXV, 98