Description
A brilliant, restless intellectual arrives in society with ideas that dazzle and promises that linger—but when it comes time to translate conviction into action, he falters. In this early novel, Ivan Turgenev traces the rise and unraveling of a “superfluous man,” whose self-awareness and hesitation leave both his ambitions and his relationships suspended in uncertainty. As a love story unfolds between a charismatic outsider and a young woman of sharp mind and guarded feeling, the novel probes the tension between thought and deed, sincerity and performance, and the cost of living perpetually on the edge of decision. With Turgenev’s signature psychological clarity and elegant social observation, the book offers a compelling portrait of intellect’s limits and the quiet tragedy of potential that never quite becomes reality.
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paperback
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published Jan 1, 2014
124 pages
ISBN: 9781500116101
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First Published
1856
Language
rus
Translation
From: rus
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