Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich,  1818-1883 <br/><br/>
Rudin: A Novel 

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<br/><br/> Translation of: Рудин.  Wikipedia page on this work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudin  Release date is 2004-11-01 
<br/><br/>Produced by Eric Eldred, and David Widger  Produced by Eric Eldred, and David Widger 
<br/><br/> "Rudin: A Novel by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev" is a novel first published in 1856. It explores the "superfluous man"—a brilliant, eloquent intellectual incapable of translating words into action. When the educated nobleman Rudin arrives at a country estate, his powerful speeches captivate everyone, especially the intelligent seventeen-year-old Natalya. As their relationship deepens, the central question emerges: can this man of magnificent ideas overcome his paralyzing inability to act? Set during Russia's reformist awakening, the novel examines a generation caught between grand ideals and practical impotence. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich, 1818-1883 -- Translations into English Russia -- Intellectual life -- 1801-1917 -- Fiction Upper class -- Russia -- Fiction 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PG