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Ivan Turgenev (1818 – 1883)


Russian novelist and playwright.
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Ivan Turgenev
"For myself, I detest the fellow, and think him a charlatan. I am certain that, in spite of his frogs, he is making no real progress in physics."
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"What is Bazarov?" Arkady smiled. "Would you like me to tell you, uncle, what he really is?"
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'There was a time,' Nikolai Artemyevitch resumed, 'when daughters did not allow themselves to look down on their parents—when the parental authority forced the disobedient to tremble. That time has passed, unhappily: so at least many persons imagine; but let me tell you, there are still laws which do not permit—do not permit—in fact there are still laws. I beg you to mark that: there are still laws——'




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Bazarov drew himself up haughtily. "I don't adopt any one's ideas; I have my own."
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