TY - BOOK AU - Turgenev,Ivan Sergeevich AU - Garnett,Constance TI - Rudin: A Novel AV - PG PY - 2004/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Man-woman relationships -- Fiction KW - Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich, 1818-1883 -- Translations into English KW - Russia -- Intellectual life -- 1801-1917 -- Fiction KW - Upper class -- Russia -- Fiction N1 - Translation of: Рудин; Wikipedia page on this work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudin; Release date is 2004-11-01; Produced by Eric Eldred, and David Widger; Original publication data not identified N2 - "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.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6900 ER -