On the Eve

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Author

Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

Contributions

Edward Garnett (Introduction) - Contributor
Constance Garnett (Translator) - Contributor

Publication

2003-05-01 - Wildside Press

Language

English

Word Count

63,000 words, Guess

Page Count

252 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

ISBN-101592246532
ISBN-139781592246533
Better World Books9781592246533
Open LibraryOL12376758M

Description

The story revolves around Elena, a girl with a hypochondriacal mother and an idle father, a retired guards lieutenant with a mistress. On the eve of the Crimean War, Elena is pursued by a free-spirited sculptor (Shubin) and a serious-minded student (Berzyenev). But when Berzyenev's revolutionary Bulgarian friend, Insarov, meets Elena, they fall in love. In secretly marrying Insarov Elena disappoints her mother and enrages her father, who had hoped to marry her to a dull, self-satisfied functionary, Kurnatovski. Insarov nearly dies from pneumonia and only partly recovers. On the outbreak of war Insarov tries to return with Elena to Bulgaria, but tragically dies in Venice. Elena takes Insarov's body to the Balkans for burial and then vanishes. - Wikipedia