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THE NOVELS OF
IVAN TURGENEV

THE NOVELS OF
IVAN TURGENEV

I.RUDIN.
II.A HOUSE OF GENTLEFOLK.
III.ON THE EVE.
IV.FATHERS AND CHILDREN.
V.SMOKE.
VI. & VII.VIRGIN SOIL. 2 vols.
VIII. & IX.A SPORTSMAN’S SKETCHES. 2 vols.
X.DREAM TALES AND PROSE POEMS.
XI.THE TORRENTS OF SPRING, ETC.
XII.A LEAR OF THE STEPPES.
XIII.THE DIARY OF A SUPERFLUOUS MAN, ETC.
XIV.A DESPERATE CHARACTER, ETC.
XV.THE JEW, ETC.

NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN

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THE NOVELS OF IVAN TURGENEV

ILLUSTRATED EDITION

A LEAR OF
THE STEPPES
ETC.

TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN
By
CONSTANCE GARNETT

NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN
MCMVI

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Printed in England

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INTRODUCTION

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An examination of A Lear of the Steppes is ofespecial interest to authors, as the story is soexquisite in its structure, so overwhelming inits effects, that it exposes the artificiality of thegreat majority of the clever works of art infiction. A Lear of the Steppes is great in artbecause it is a living organic whole, springingfrom the deep roots of life itself; and theinnumerable works of art that are fabricatedand pasted together from an ingenious plan—worksthat do not grow from the inevitabilityof things—appear at once insignificant or falsein comparison.

In examining the art, the artist

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