The Diary of a Superfluous Man (Russian: «Дневник лишнего человека», Dnevník líshnego chelovéka) is an 1850 novella by the Russian author Ivan Turgenev. It is written in the first person in the form of a diary by a man, Tchulkaturin, who, though only 31 years old, is dying of an unspecified illness and has only a few days left to live as he recounts incidents of his life. The story has become the archetype for the Russian literary concept of the superfluous man.[1][2] It was first published in 1850 in the Saint Petersburg literary magazine Otechestvennye Zapiski.
| Author | Ivan Turgenev |
|---|---|
| Original title | Дневник лишнего человека |
| Language | Russian |
| Subject | superfluous man |
| Genre | novella, epistolary |
| Set in | Moscow and rural Russia, early 19th century |
| Publisher | Otechestvennye Zapiski |
Publication date | 1850 |
| Publication place | Russian Empire |
| 891.733 | |
| LC Class | PG3421 .D58 |
Original text | Дневник лишнего человека at Russian Wikisource |
| Translation | The Diary of a Superfluous Man at Wikisource |
References
edit- ^ Chances, Ellen (2001). "Ch. 10: The Superfluous Man in Russian Literature". In Cornwell, Neil (ed.). The Routledge Companion to Russian Literature. New York: Routledge. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-415-23366-8.
- ^ Superfluous man at the Encyclopædia Britannica
External links
edit- The Diary of a Superfluous Man, at Internet Archive (scanned books multiple formats)
The Diary of a Superfluous Man public domain audiobook at LibriVox
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