"I had read this story and knew the rumor and other details of Turgenev's life and had read Fathers and Sons, and his Sketchbooks. The latter is highly recommended. It is a descriptive series of sketchs of the life and times of rural Russia told by an aristocratic hunter who wonders on country roads and forays into the nearby forest for game. Really good stuff."
Yeah, I just read Sportsman's Sketches a few weeks ago for the first time. I was blown away and highly recommend it to everyone. It must be a first in literature...I can't think of anything like it that comes before. If memory serves both Chekhov and Tolstoy said it was the best thing he'd done.....and Tolstoy maintained a thinly disguised envy (and rage) at Turgenev all his life. Joanna _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
