On the Eve

On the Eve
On the Eve  
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Author(s) Ivan Turgenev
Original title Накануне
Translator Constance Garnett
Country Russia
Language Russian
Genre(s) Political, Romance novel
Publication date 1860
Media type Print (Hardback and Paperback)
ISBN NA
Preceded by Home of the Gentry
Followed by Fathers and Sons

On the Eve (Russian: Накану́не) is the third novel by famous Russian writer Ivan Turgenev, best known for his short stories and the novel Fathers and Sons. Turgenev embellishes this love story with observations on middle class life and interposes some art and philosophy.

Plot introduction

The story revolves around Elena, a girl with a very affected mother and a father who is a retired guards lieutenant and keeps a mistress. On the eve of the Crimean War, Elena is pursued by a free-spirited sculptor (Shubin) and an uptight student (Berzeniev). But when Berzeniev's dashing Bulgarian friend Insarov meets Elena, they soon fall in love. Secretly marrying the Bulgarian revolutionary, Elena invites the ire of her parents, who had hoped to marry her to a more respectable suitor. Insarov falls ill, but partly recovers. On the outbreak of the war, Insarov's call home only complicates matters further. Insanov returns with Elena to Bulgaria, but dies on the way in Venice. Elena is never heard of again.

Main characters

  • Pavel Shubin - sculptor
  • Andrei Bersyenev - student philosopher
  • Dmitri Insarov - Bulgarian student
  • Elena Nikolayevna - young girl

See also

v · d · eWorks by Ivan Turgenev
Novels

Rudin (1857) · Home of the Gentry (1859) · On the Eve (1860) · Fathers and Sons (1862) · Smoke (1867) · Torrents of Spring (1872) · Virgin Soil (1877)

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Short fiction

The Diary of a Superfluous Man (1850) · A Sportsman's Sketches (1852) · Yakov Pasynkov (1855) · Faust (1855) · Asya (1858) · First Love (1860) · King Lear of the Steppes (1870) · The Song of Triumphant Love (1881) · The Mysterious Tales (1883)
Plays

A Rash Thing to Do (1843) · It Tears Where It is Thin (1847) · Breakfast at the Chief's (1849/56)  · A Conversation on the Highway (1850/51) · Lack of Money (1846/52) · A Provincial Lady (1851) · Fortune's Fool (1857/62) · A Month in the Country (1855/72) · An Evening in Sorrento (1882)

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