Ivan Turgenev

Fathers and Sons

Read by Roger Melin


Ivan Turgenev



The fathers and children of the novel refers to the growing divide between the two generations of Russians, and the character Yevgeny Bazaro…

The Diary of a Superfluous Man

Read by Martin Geeson


Ivan Turgenev



Turgenev's shy hero, Tchulkaturin, is a representative example of a Russian archetype - the "superfluous man", a sort of Hamlet no…

First Love

Read by Martin Geeson


Ivan Turgenev



The title of the novella is almost an adequate summary in itself. The "boy-meets-girl-then-loses-her" story is universal but not, …

Poezdka v Polesye

Read by Yakovlev Valery


Ivan Turgenev



To tell the truth, this story — “A trip to Polesye” — is not so much complicated with philosophical or psychological ideas. In this story au…

Вешние воды (Veshnie Vody)

Read by tovarisch


Ivan Turgenev



Основное повествование ведётся как воспоминания 52-летнего дворянина и помещика Санина о событиях 30-летней давности, случившихся в его жизн…

On the Eve

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


Ivan Turgenev



On the Eve appeared in 1860, two years before Fathers and Sons, Turgenev's most famous novel. It is set in the prior decade (by the end of t…

Дворянское гнездо (Dvoryanskoe gnezdo)

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Ivan Turgenev



Главным героем романа является Фёдор Иванович Лаврецкий, дворянин, имеющий многие черты самого Тургенева, например в том, что воспитан он бы…

A Sportsman's Sketches

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Ivan Turgenev



A Sportsman's Sketches (Russian: Записки охотника; also known as The Hunting Sketches and Sketches from a Hunter's Album) was an 1852 collec…

The Torrents of Spring

Read by tovarisch


Ivan Turgenev



The Torrents of Spring, also known as Spring Torrents (Russian: Вешние воды), is a novel written by Ivan Turgenev during 1870 and 1871 when …

Smoke

Read by Lee Smalley


Ivan Turgenev



Smoke is an 1867 novel by the highly acclaimed Russian writer Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883) that tells the gripping story of a secret love affai…

Rudin

Read by Lee Smalley


Ivan Turgenev



Rudin is the first and perhaps least known novel by Ivan Turgenev, a famous Russian writer best known for his short stories and the novel Fa…

A House of Gentlefolk

Read by tovarisch


Ivan Turgenev



The novel titled in Russian "Дворянское Гнездо" (Dvoryanskoye Gnezdo, sometimes translated as Home of the Gentry, A Nest of the Ge…

A Lear of the Steppes, etc.

Read by Lee Smalley


Ivan Turgenev



This book contains three novellas by one of the major writers of Russian literature. The first, A LEAR OF THE STEPPES, is a brilliant re-ima…

Virgin Soil Volume 1

Read by Peter Tucker


Ivan Turgenev



Turgenev's last and longest novel presents the story of a group of young people in late nineteenth century Russia, who because of disillusio…

The Stone

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Ivan Turgenev



Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev was a Russian novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, translator and popularizer of Russian literature in …

The Nymphs

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Ivan Turgenev



LibriVox volunteers bring you 7 recordings of The Nymphs by Ivan Turgenev.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for November 15, 2020. …

Записки охотника (Zapiski Okhotnika)

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Ivan Turgenev



Написанные и впервые вышедшие в свет в середине XIX века, "Записки Охотника" Ивана Сергеевича Тургенева открывают перед нами мир п…

Virgin Soil Volume 2

Read by Peter Tucker


Ivan Turgenev



The second volume of Turgenev's last novel sees social change bubbling up into conflict with the established order and interacting with the …

On The Sea

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Ivan Turgenev



LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of On The Sea by Ivan Turgenev.This was the Weekly Poetry project for April 14, 2019. -----…

A Contented Man

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Ivan Turgenev



LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of A Contented Man by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev.This was the Weekly Poetry project for September…

Annouchka: A Tale

Read by Rapunzelina


Ivan Turgenev



When N—— met Annouchka. A graceful story of innocence, love, coming of age, and friendship, set between two picturesque towns on the banks o…

Dream Tales and Prose Poems

Read by Ben Tucker


Ivan Turgenev



World-renowned Russian author Ivan Turgenev brings us a collection of stories that traffic in the world of dreams, stories of lost love, of …

The Reporter

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Ivan Turgenev



LibriVox volunteers bring you 22 recordings of The Reporter by Ivan Turgenev. Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett This was the …