It’s not a masterpiece like Fathers and Sons, but the touch of Ivan Turgenev’s genius still comes across in this novella about misery of human condition.
| Positive: | Negative: |
| Beautiful, effective prose | Not really groundbreaking in any way (though I guess that’s in part the point) |
| Interesting, profound characters | |
| Enlightening on Russian culture | |
| Thought-provoking about the superfluousness of one’s life, kind of |
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