Poems In Prose

This vintage book contains Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenevs 1883 collection of poetry Poems in Prose being a translation of what are among the last things written by Tourguéneff. The poems of this collection are varied: some are like studies for the scenes of a novel; others again like a conversation are purely imaginative sketches whilst some have an autobiographical interest. The poems include: The Village The Old Woman A Dialogue The Dog My Opponent An Axiom Dost Thou Hearken to the Words of the Fool The Beggar A Contented Man The Destruction of the World Mescha The Blockhead An Oriental Legend and many more. Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818 - 1883) was a Russian playwright novelist and writer of short stories. A Sportsmans Sketches (1852) his first serious publication constitutes a milestone of Russian Realism. Many antiquarian texts such as this are increasingly hard to come by and expensive and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable modern high-quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.