CHAPTER IV: TURGUÉNEFF; TOLSTÓY 88

Turguéneff--The Character of his art--_A Sportsman’s Note-book_--Pessimism in his early novels--His series of novels representing the leading types of Society: Rudin--Lavrétskiy--Helen and Insároff--Bazároff--Why _Fathers and Sons_ was misunderstood--_Hamlet_ and _Don Quixote_--_Virgin Soil_--Movement towards the people--Tolstóy--_Childhood_ and _Boyhood_--During and after the Crimean War--_Youth_: in search of an ideal--Small stories--_The Cossacks_--Educational work--_War and Peace_--_Anna Karénina_--Religious crisis--His interpretation of the Christian teaching--Main points of Christian ethics--Latest works of art--_Kreutzer Sonata_--_Resurrection_.