Mu Mu. Notes of a hunter. Stories. Turgenev I.

The book includes the works of the great Russian writer Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818–1883): “Mumu” ​​and selected essays from the cycle “Notes of the Hunter.”

The story “Mumu” ​​became a kind of business card of the writer. It is based on the real events that took place in the house of his mother. However, this is not just their retelling. Gerasim is a collective image of the Russian people who voluntarily obey the capricious small tyrant, slavishly killing everything that is truly expensive for him. But in the final, the author nevertheless inspires hope in the souls of readers...

the cycle of essays “Notes of the Hunter” is rightly considered an outstanding anti -fortress that prepared the peasant reform of 1861. Here, the author acts as an attentive observer of human customs and characters and draws a whole gallery of images of all classes of pre -reform Russia. Together, they create an objective picture of the social and household life of our Fatherland. But the most important thing is a bright portrait of a Russian national character, which is still tired of arguing about it.