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metamorphesque · 3 months

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― Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons (translated by George Reavy)

#quotes #literature #classic literature #translated literature #ivan turgenev #fathers and sons #russian literature #russian classics

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carrotluvr · 9 months

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my psychiatrist just diagnosed me with 19th century russian literature character

#dmitrigirl speaks #ruslit #russian literature #crime and punishment #the brothers karamazov #the idiot #demons dostoevsky #im tagging chekhov #anton chekhov #leo tolstoy #war and peace #ivan turgenev

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rosepompadour · 4 months

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That girl will astonish us all. Do not let the fact that she is so quiet fool you: she has powerful passions within her.

Ivan Turgenev, Rudin (1856)

#i love this man as much as hemingway did when he had no money for food but still bought all of turgenev's works from sylvia beach #'at first there were the russians; then there were all the others. but for a long time there were the russians.' - a moveable feast #ivan turgenev #rudin #literature

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amicus-noctis · 30 days

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“…Many things interested her, and nothing satisfied her entirely.” ― Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons

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enchanted-keys · 7 months

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Marianela Nunez and Matthew Ball in Ashton’s ‘A Month in the Country’ (2022)

#marianela nunez #matthew ball #a month in the country #ivan turgenev #royal ballet #ballet #balletedit

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lillyli-74 · 5 months

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I only know that I feel tired, antiquated; I feel as though I have been living a long, long time.

~Ivan Turgenev

#ivan turgenev

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philosophors · 4 months

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“If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.”

— Ivan Turgenev

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theconstantnymph · 9 months

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A Nest of Gentry, 1969

#A Nest of Gentry #ivan turgenev

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gatabella · 5 months

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Greta Garbo filled the library of her New York City apartment with poetry, philosophy, and literature. Her favorite author was Ivan Turgenev, and she enjoyed his volume of essays Literary Reminisces. (x)

#greta garbo #books #book #reading #ivan turgenev

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cyhsal · 10 months

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Rus lit colour wheel! 🎨

Saw that art trend going around and wanted to do it with my RL character designs; quite refreshing to come back and draw them again after so long. It was interesting to see them in my current art style as well! Character list under cut.

This was originally posted on my literature focused art account on IG/Twitter/VK (handle in picture); I’ll link to those socials this time for the links below!

Instagram // Twitter // VK

❤️ Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov (Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky)

🧡 Evgeny Bazarov (Fathers and Sons, Ivan Turgenev)

💛 Pyotr Verkhovensky (Demons/The Possessed, Fyodor Dostoyevsky)

💚 Alyosha Karamazov (The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoyevsky)

🩵 Alexei Vronsky (Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy)

💙 Evgeny Onegin (Eugene Onegin, Alexander Pushkin)

💜 Grigory Pechorin (A Hero of Our Time, Mikhail Lermontov)

🩷 Anatole Kuragin (War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy)

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draftmonologue · 1 year

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The number of hours we have together is actually not so large. Please linger near the door uncomfortably instead of just leaving. Please forget your scarf in my life and come back later for it.

On Absurdism

1. Albert Camus— The Stranger / 2. Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth —Sacrifice and Bliss / 3. Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022) / 4. Emil Cioran— On Heights of Despair / 5. Clarice Lispector / 6. Albert Camus— The Myth of Sisyphus / 7. Franz Kafka / 8. Ivan Turgenev—Fathers and Sons / 9. C'mon C'mon—Mike Mills/ 10. Mikko Harvey — No regrets

#absurdism #absurdist #franz kafka #albert camus #sisyphean task #sisyphus #everything everywhere all at once #florence + the machine #clarice lispector #ivan turgenev #joseph campbell #emil cioran

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metamorphesque · 4 months

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― Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons (translated by George Reavy)

#quotes #literature #classic literature #translated literature #russian literature #russian classics #ivan turgenev #fathers and sons

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seldomscans · 3 months

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Heliotrope no Koi by Mizuno Hideko (1969)

What can I say? It is known that I am weak for Russian literature and character who run towards their ruin at full speed, so I had to do this Mizuno one shot too... Here is another story by Turgenev, like the previous First Love, to give you some feelings on this cold weekend. Heliotrope Love, was adapted from his Smoke, and I strongly recommend that you read it. Here are some parts that I loved, but that were sadly weren't included in the limited page count of the manga, so I'll leave them here:

‘But I can’t live without you, Irina,’ Litvinov interrupted, in a whisper now; ‘I am yours for ever and always, since yesterday.... I can only breathe at your feet....’

...As though I could complain when you love me, Irina! I wanted only to tell you that, of all this dead past, all those hopes and efforts, turned to smoke and ashes, there is only one thing left living, invincible, my love for you. Except that love, nothing is left for me; to say it is the sole thing precious to me, would be too little; I live wholly in that love; that love is my whole being; in it are my future, my career, my vocation, my country! You know me, Irina; you know that fine talk of any sort is foreign to my nature, hateful to me, and however strong the words in which I try to express my feelings, you will have no doubts of their sincerity, you will not suppose them exaggerated. I’m not a boy, in the impulse of momentary ecstasy, lisping unreflecting vows to you, but a man of matured age—simply and plainly, almost with terror, telling you what he has recognised for unmistakable truth. Yes, your love has replaced everything for me—everything, everything!

God I wish I could love someone like that/someone loved me like that.