On the Eve
By Ivan Turgenev
25 May, 2020
"On the Eve" is the third novel by Russian writer Ivan Turgenev. It has elements of social comedy but fell foul of radical critics who advocated the need for more overt reform. The story revolves around Elena Stakhova, a girl with a hypochondriac m
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"On the Eve" is the third novel by Russian writer Ivan Turgenev. It has elements of social comedy but fell foul of radical critics who advocated the need for more overt reform. The story revolves around Elena Stakhova, a girl with a hypochondriac mother and an idle father, a retired guards lieutenant with a mistress. Less