by Ivan Turgenev · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140440096
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«On the Eve» (En vísperas) is the novel by Ivan Turgenev, published by Penguin Classics in paperback (240 pages, in English).
Set in Russia before the great reforms, the novel follows Elena, a young idealist who wavers between suitors and ends up united with a Bulgarian revolutionary. Turgenev portrays the political and emotional awakening, the clash between tradition and change, and the tension between personal ideals and collective destiny.
Originally published in Russian as «Накануне» in 1860. The Penguin Classics edition dates from 1950 and includes an introduction by Gilbert Gardiner.
For readers of classic Russian fiction who prefer to read this title in English.
(1752—1807) — Russian writer, director of the Imperial Moscow University.
