The Russian novelist, dramatist, and short-story writer Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818-1883) was a founder of the Russian realistic novel. He ranks as one of the greatest stylists in the Russian lang...
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Although his most enduring work is the novel Fathers and Sons, Russian realist writer Ivan Turgenev changed the lives of Russian serfs with his 1852 book Zapiski okhotnika, much as American writer Har...
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Henry James--friend, colleague, and student--said of Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev that he was "in a peculiar degree what I may call the novelist's novelist, an artistic influence extraordinarily valuable,...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democratic candidate Hillary
Clinton made an appearance on David Letterman's late-night TV
show on the eve of Super Tuesday and took the opportunity to
explain the influence h...
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Beirut (dpa)- Lebanese leaders on the eve of the country's
national Army Day have praised troops who have been engaged since May
20 in fighting with Islamic militants in the...
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CANBERRA, Nov 23 (Reuters) - An Australian commando was
killed by the Taliban militia in Afghanistan on Friday, on the
eve of elections at which staunch U.S. ally Prime Minister John
Howard will b...
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China's governing Communist Party revealed the agenda for this
week's Congress on Sunday, adding that the party will never adopt
Western-style democracy.
Party spokesman Li Dongsheng said ...
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Manila (dpa) - Philippine military forces in the capital were put
on red alert on Monday on the eve of planned anti-government protests
amid reports that some groups might s...
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North Korea on Saturday began festivities marking the birthday
of its founding father Kim Il Sung by holding the first Arirang Mass
Games in two years, on...
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Kabul (dpa) - More than 57 Taliban fighters were killed late
overnight and during Wednesday in southern Afghanistan on the eve of
the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, offici...
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Washington (dpa) - On the eve of crucial congressional hearings on
Iraq, US President George W Bush Monday took the debate over future
strategy directly to the war zone, pul...
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - The mood among U.S. consumers
hit the skids in November as gasoline prices soared and the
housing market downturn threatened to ensnare more Americans, a
report showed Wednesda...
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On the eve of a critical vote, House Democrats labored Thursday to lock down a majority behind a Sept. 1, 2008, date for the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq, the sternest test yet for a ...
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On the Eve
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev
Ivan Turgenev
Ivan Turgenev
Clinton appears on Letterman on eve of Super Tuesday
