Project Gutenberg 2005-08-01 Public domain in the USA. 342 Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich 1818 1883 Тургенев, Иван Сергеевич Tourgueneff, Ivan Turgénieff, Iván Toergenev, Ivan Turgenjeff, Iwan Turgenev, I. S. Garnett, Constance 1861 1946 Black, Constance Clara A Sportsman's Sketches, Volume 2 Works of Ivan Turgenev, Volume 2 Reading ease score: 80.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. Tatyana Borissovna and her nephew -- Death -- The singers -- Piotr Petrovitch Karataev -- The tryst -- The Hamlet of the Shtchigri District -- Tchertop-Hanov and Nedopyuskin. -- The end of Tchertop-Hanov -- A living relic -- The rattling of wheels -- The forest and the steppe. Produced by Jonathan Ingram, David Garcia, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "A Sportsman's Sketches, Volume 2" by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev is a collection of short stories written during the mid-19th century. This literary work presents a vivid exploration of rural life in Russia, capturing the complexities of human interactions with nature and society through a series of character-driven narratives infused with Turgenev’s keen observational style. The sketches delve into themes such as the relationship between landowners and peasants, societal shifts, and the portrayal of individual characters in their intimate settings. The opening portion introduces readers to Tatyana Borissovna, a kind-hearted widow living on her modest property, surrounded by a small and eccentric household. Tatyana is characterized by her simplicity and warmth, which draws young visitors to her home, providing comfort and advice to those in need. The narrative details her daily life, her endearing interactions with her nephew Andryusha, whom she later supports in his ambitions to become an artist, and the unique dynamics within her household, including the presence of a quirky housekeeper and an old man full of whims. It sets the stage for deeper explorations of character relationships and the changing social landscape of rural Russia, hinting at conflicts as her nephew returns, now transformed, from Petersburg. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Russia -- Social life and customs -- Fiction Country life -- Russia -- Fiction Peasants -- Russia -- Fiction PG Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 430803 430804 2024-10-04T08:40:27.573932 2023-10-04T08:05:42.747891 text/html text/html 429645 2014-10-12T21:14:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 165025 2014-10-12T21:14:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 252687 2024-10-04T08:40:36.427879 application/epub+zip 258696 2024-10-04T08:40:31.255917 application/epub+zip 233557 2024-10-04T08:40:29.928912 application/epub+zip 470959 2024-10-04T08:40:40.238895 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 459408 2024-10-04T08:40:35.587911 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 322300 2022-09-04T11:51:14.433169 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 411163 411068 2024-10-04T08:40:26.797935 2023-10-04T08:05:42.065980 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 411351 2014-10-12T21:14:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 162153 2014-10-12T21:14:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 411344 2014-10-12T21:14:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 162093 2014-10-12T21:14:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23542 2024-10-04T08:40:40.371861 application/rdf+xml 17496 2024-10-04T08:40:30.477901 image/jpeg 4167 2024-10-04T08:40:30.199906 image/jpeg 253930 2024-10-04T08:40:27.611936 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia