The Night Before (turgenev's Novel)
by Turgenev
About This Novel
"The Night Before" was written in 1859. It is the earliest novel in the history of Russian literature that praises the "new man" (that is, the person who is dedicated to his career and takes action). For the first time, an intellectual from a non-aristocratic background is used as the protagonist of the work. It quickly and keenly reflects the trends and requirements of historical development in the 1850s, and opens a new page in Russian literature. The heroic and patriotic Insarov and the heroine Yelena in the novel have become classic images of Russian literature, and "The Night Before" itself has also become synonymous with the period before major events in Russian literature. "The Night Before" and "Rodin", "The Noble House", "Father and Son", "Virgin Land" and "Smoke" constitute Turgenev's six most famous novels. They are called "artistic chronicles of Russian society" because they continuously reflect the dramatic changes in Russian society.
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Official(1)Scraped 11d ago
It's probably a romance novel by Turgenev with a heroine as the main character. Looking at the list of famous writers in the world, there should be very few writers who mainly focus on romance novels. After all, love is not an eternal thing. It is even like a fever. It seems difficult to serve as the main carrier of literature. If it describes the life picture or suffering of ordinary people, it seems to be eternal and can withstand the scrutiny of many centuries. And is love still gold after it has become a tireless description in a novel? Or, in the long picture of life, the love that occasionally pours out is gold, and it is the love that is dug deep into the core of the earth? ... Think about it again, in Turgenev's love novels, love is still mainly used as a clue to connect or structure the entire story. The whole story describes some important social conditions or contradictions at that time, and poetically depicts some typical characters. Will this help us understand why Turgenev became a great literary figure?
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Official(1)Scraped 11d ago
It's probably a romance novel by Turgenev with a heroine as the main character. Looking at the list of famous writers in the world, there should be very few writers who mainly focus on romance novels. After all, love is not an eternal thing. It is even like a fever. It seems difficult to serve as the main carrier of literature. If it describes the life picture or suffering of ordinary people, it seems to be eternal and can withstand the scrutiny of many centuries. And is love still gold after it has become a tireless description in a novel? Or, in the long picture of life, the love that occasionally pours out is gold, and it is the love that is dug deep into the core of the earth? ... Think about it again, in Turgenev's love novels, love is still mainly used as a clue to connect or structure the entire story. The whole story describes some important social conditions or contradictions at that time, and poetically depicts some typical characters. Will this help us understand why Turgenev became a great literary figure?
