Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818 - 1883) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright. Turgenev was one of the master of Russian Realism, and his novel Fathers and Sons (1862) is regarded as one of the major works of 19th-century fiction. During the period of 1853-62 Turgenev wrote some of his finest stories as well as the first four of his novels: Rudin (1856), A Nest of the Gentry (1859), and Fathers and Sons (1862). In this book: Fathers and Children Translated by Constance Garnett A Nobleman's Nest Translator: Isabel F. Hapgood Smoke Translator: Constance Black Garnett Rudin Translator: Constance Garnett The Torrents of Spring Translator: Constance Garnett The Jew And Other Stories Translator: Constance Garnett The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories Translator: Constance Garnett