Smoke (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Ivan Turgenev
- First Published: 1867
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: 1862-1865
- Setting: Germany and Russia
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Politics, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Marriage, Obsession, Adultery, Trains, Ambition, Agriculture, Germany or German people, Russia or Russian people, Smoke
- Locales: Moscow, Russia, Baden-Baden, Germany
Characters Discussed
Grigóry Litvinov (grih- GOH-rihy liht-VEE-nof), a farmer’s son. Wishing to farm progressively on his father’s estate, he has tried to learn scientific agriculture by studying modern practices in several European regions. His plans for marriage to Tatyana and for modernizing his father’s estate are interrupted by the temporary resurrection at Baden of his former love for Irina and the breaking off of his engagement to Tatyana. Observant and thoughtful, he is repelled by the impractical windiness of the group of liberals who associate with Gubaryov at...
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