Turgenev's best quotes

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The great Russian writer Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev significantly influenced the development of Russian literature. His work is known all over the world, and quotes from the greatest works are full of deep meaning and relevance at all times.

Childhood and adolescence

Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev, the future Russian writer, celebrated his birthday on October 28 (November 9), starting in 1818. Coming from a noble family, from childhood he was not deprived of either attention or financial means.

In 1827 the family moved to Moscow, where Ivan Sergeevich received an excellent basic education. The future writer went to St. Petersburg and Germany to receive higher education. Little Ivan was inspired by his mother to love literature. She often quoted the works of M. Lermontov, A. Pushkin, N. Gogol. He also had his own valet who developed a love of reading. Mother supported her beloved offspring financially until 1940, until a conflict broke out between them and she was tired of fulfilling the requests of an ungrateful son.

Formation of Ivan Sergeevich as a writer

Having graduated from Berlin University in 1841, Turgenevfaced with a choice of what to do next. Initially, Ivan Sergeevich planned to teach, but by chance he manages to publish his poem Parasha. From that moment on, the purpose in life was determined.

Writing swallowed the young man headlong. The first attempts to write poetry were already in the third year of study at the university. Turgenev actively wrote poetry and even published his works several times in a magazine. Now it has become the main occupation. Turgenev's quotes are often used in their epigraphs by other writers as well.

Contemporaries emphasized the outward discrepancy between Ivan Sergeevich and his inner world and high timbre of voice. This man was full of contradictions, which nevertheless combined wonderfully. Despite his noble origin, he was an ardent opponent of serfdom. Perhaps this was the reason why most of Turgenev's works are based on the life of village families.

Through his works, the writer reflects all the social changes of his time:

• Life and culture of ordinary villagers.
• The desire of the villagers to develop their horizons and become equal to the townspeople.
• The rise of the ideal of the human person during the period of the abolition of serfdom.
• Changing the role of women in society.

The personal life of Ivan Sergeevich was not as successful as his literary one. In his youth, the stately handsome man had several novels. He even nearly marriedseamstress Avdotya, from whom he had an illegitimate daughter. But the writer's mother opposed the marriage and separated the lovers.

In 1845, the writer's muse appeared in the image of the singer Pauline Viardot, who was married to the Frenchman Louis Viardot. Because of this friendship, disagreements with the mother begin, to the point that she ceases to support her son financially. For a rich man, as he was considered, who always loved to look brand new, this is a rather difficult test. But against all odds, he and the Viardot family are leaving for France.

Literary features of the works of I. S. Turgenev

The writer often refers to the landscape. He loves to describe rural nature, saturating it with bright colors and enlivening in the imagination of readers.

"The dark, clear sky solemnly and immensely stood high above us with all its mysterious splendor" - Turgenev's quote from the story "Bezhin Meadow".

The main characters of the author's works are average personalities with a deep soul. He tries to reveal the inner world of a person, and not to describe stately handsome men.

The writer did a great job with female images. For example, Asya, beloved by all readers. Turgenev often uses in his works prototypes of girls for whom he had any feelings. Simplicity, modesty and sincerity are the hallmarks of Turgenev's heroines. This is how he deserves the love of his readers.

Turgenev Quotes

Ivan Sergeevich made a great contribution todevelopment of Russian literature. Below are some quotes from the most famous works of the writer.

Quotes from Ivan Turgenev's story "Asya" are filled with a wonderful feeling.

“Happiness has no tomorrow; he does not have yesterday either; it does not remember the past, does not think about the future; he has a present – and that is not a day, but a moment.”

No less thoughtful quotes from Turgenev's Mumu.

“One judge for me: the Lord God himself, and no one else. He alone knows what kind of person I am in this world, and whether I eat bread for nothing.”

But Turgenev's love quotes are the most popular.

"Only the one who loves has the right to blame, scold."