Smoke (translation of a Russian-soviet Literary Classic)
by Turgenev
About This Novel
"Smoke" is a novel written by Russian writer Turgenev. "Smoke" was written from November 1865 to January 1867. It tells the love story of a Russian young man named Letvilov. ["Smoke" is based on the background of Russia's serfdom reform in 1861: the entire novel focuses on how to treat serfdom and the way out for Russia's reform. Litvinov is the son of a noble family whose family has been ruined. He studied agriculture hard in Europe and is preparing to return to Russia with his fiancée Tatyana. But here he met his lover Elena many years ago, and the old love rekindled. But when Litvinov and Elena planned to elope, Elena let him down again. Several years later, Litvinov confessed his mistake to Tatyana and finally gained forgiveness. Turgenev himself was an asymptoticist, favoring reforms but not revolutions. The declaration of the abolition of serfdom issued by Russia in 1861 made him ecstatic. He said it was "the final solution to the peasant problem and the beginning of a new era in Russia."
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