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The Hunting Sketches Bk.1: My Neighbour Radilov and Other Stories
The Hunting Sketches Bk1 My Neighbour Radilov and Other Stories Author:Ivan Turgenev, Max Bollinger The first major writing by Turgenev that gained him recognition. The stories in this collection were written based on Turgenev s own observations while hunting at his mother s estate. This work exposed many injustices of serfdom and led to Turgenev s house arrest and eventual abolishment of serfdom in Russia. A fine example of realis... more »t tradition in Russian literature. Read in English (unabridged) Track List: My Neighbour Radilov
01 Nobleman's Nest
02 A Man of Mystery Proprietor Ovsyanikov
03 The Portrait
04 The Great Hunt
05 The New Nobility
06 My Own Nephew
07 A French Affair From The Hunting Sketches:
"Often the most insignificant things produce more effect on people than the most important"
"In people who are constantly and intensely preoccupied with one idea, or one emotion, there is something in common, a kind of external resemblance in manner, however different may be their qualities, their abilities, their position in society, and their education"
"It is always like that; those who can only just keep themselves afloat are the ones to drag others under"
"The lower your station, the more reserved must be your behaviour, or else you disgrace yourself directly"« less