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LITERATURE 23 VII IVAN SERGYEEVICH TURGENEV, 1818-1883 (Continued) 1. Turgenev the novelist. a "Annals of a sportsman" ("Sketches of a hunter"). b "Fathers and sons" ("Fathers and children"). c "Smoke." d "Rudin." e Reading: Selection from "Fathers and sons." In Wiener. Anthology of Russian literature, v. 2, p. 282-95. 2. Turgenev the novelist (continued). a "Liza" ("A nest of noblemen") ("A house of gentlefolk"). b "On the eve." c "Virgin soil." d His other works. Recommended Reading The brigadier. In Outlook. 88 : 226-38. Ja. 25, '08. The district doctor. In Warner. Library of the world's best literature, v. 25 or 37, p. 15082-90. Lippincott's Magazine. 91 : 239-46. Feb. '13. "A characteristic specimen of Turgenev's story telling." Fathers and sons. In Warner. Library of the world's best literature, v. 25 or 37, p. 15063-76 (extract). Wiener. Anthology of Russian literature, v. 2, p. 282-95 (extract). The greatness of this book . . . consists in the fact that it faithfully portrays not merely the Russian character, nor the nineteenth century, but the very depths of the human heart as it has manifested itself in all ages and among all nations. William Lyon Phelps. Liza (A nest of noblemen). In Warner. Library of the world's best literature, v. 25 or 37, p. 15076-81 (extract). "A house of gentlefolk ["A nobleman's nest"] is, with the possible ( exception of "Fathers and children," Turgenev's masterpiece. I know of no novel which gives a richer return for repeated readings. William Lyon Phelps.