The Diary of a Superfluous Man
A diary by a man who has a few days left to live as he recounts incidents of his life. He is intelligent, well-educated, and informed but incapable, for reasons as complex as Hamlet’s, of engaging in effective action. The story has become the archetype for the Russian literary concept of the superfluous man.
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The Diary of a Superfluous Man
A diary by a man who has a few days left to live as he recounts incidents of his life. He is intelligent, well-educated, and informed but incapable, for reasons as complex as Hamlet’s, of engaging in effective action. The story has become the archetype for the Russian literary concept of the superfluous man.
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The Diary of a Superfluous Man

The Diary of a Superfluous Man

by Ivan Turgenev
The Diary of a Superfluous Man

The Diary of a Superfluous Man

by Ivan Turgenev

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Overview

A diary by a man who has a few days left to live as he recounts incidents of his life. He is intelligent, well-educated, and informed but incapable, for reasons as complex as Hamlet’s, of engaging in effective action. The story has become the archetype for the Russian literary concept of the superfluous man.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781910150030
Publisher: Interactive Media
Publication date: 12/15/2013
Series: World Classics
Sold by: StreetLib SRL
Format: eBook
File size: 890 KB

About the Author

David Patterson is professor of English at Oklahoma State University and translator of Tolstoy's The Forged Coupon, also available in Norton paperback.
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