A Sportsman's Notebook
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: worn/faded, chipping and tears but still structural (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A masterpiece of 19th-century Russian literature, Ivan Turgenev's A Sportsman's Notebook chronicles the wanderings of a young nobleman across the Russian countryside, weaving together a series of intimate sketches of peasant life under serfdom. Through quiet, precise observation, Turgenev presents a Russia of startling social contrast — a land of vast beauty inhabited by souls both oppressed and indomitable — capturing a way of life on the cusp of irreversible change. Turgenev's prose is luminous and restrained, his portraits of serfs rendered with a dignity and humanity that shocked contemporary readers and is credited with influencing Tsar Alexander II's decision to abolish serfdom in 1861. This edition, translated from the Russian by Charles and Natasha Hepburn and illustrated by Mary Kessell, brings a fresh and vivid immediacy to Turgenev's timeless vision. A work of profound moral weight and lyrical beauty, it remains one of the most quietly revolutionary books ever written — one that instructs as much through silence as through words.
Author: Ivan Turgenev
Format: Hardback
Published: 1959, The Book Society, London
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: worn/faded, chipping and tears but still structural (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A masterpiece of 19th-century Russian literature, Ivan Turgenev's A Sportsman's Notebook chronicles the wanderings of a young nobleman across the Russian countryside, weaving together a series of intimate sketches of peasant life under serfdom. Through quiet, precise observation, Turgenev presents a Russia of startling social contrast — a land of vast beauty inhabited by souls both oppressed and indomitable — capturing a way of life on the cusp of irreversible change. Turgenev's prose is luminous and restrained, his portraits of serfs rendered with a dignity and humanity that shocked contemporary readers and is credited with influencing Tsar Alexander II's decision to abolish serfdom in 1861. This edition, translated from the Russian by Charles and Natasha Hepburn and illustrated by Mary Kessell, brings a fresh and vivid immediacy to Turgenev's timeless vision. A work of profound moral weight and lyrical beauty, it remains one of the most quietly revolutionary books ever written — one that instructs as much through silence as through words.