The Gentle Barbarian: The Life and Work of Turgenev

by V.S. Pritchett

Book Overview

'A gentle giant', as the Goncourts called him, Turgenev emerged from the barbarous yet doting rules of a terrible mother, whose cruelties to her serfs are at the heart of his hatred of serfdom. He was... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394497309
• ISBN13: 9780394497303
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: Random House (NY)
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.