SOURCE: Knowles, A. V. “The Last Two Novels.” In Ivan Turgenev, pp. 89-103. Boston: Twayne, 1988.
In the following excerpt, Knowles discusses Turgenev's novels Smoke and Virgin Soil, both poorly received in Russia but acclaimed by critics elsewhere in the world.
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