✍ Scribed by Ivan Sergueevich Turguenev
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Juan Eduardo Zúñiga señala en el texto de presentación de Punin y Baburin (novela inédita hasta ahora en castellano) que «Turguéniev fue testigo de la lenta ruina de la nobleza rusa, aunque distanciado de ella por poderosas razones. Distanciamiento que le permitió captar los rasgos básicos de los rusos del siglo pasado y, al introducirlos en su literatura, escribir una larga historia que ayuda a conocer los orígenes de la Rusia actual». Esta novela es una de sus obras maestras y es también uno de sus textos más autobiográficos, ya que se basa en su cruel madre y en su abuso de los cinco mil campesinos que poseía. Ella tenía un poder absoluto sobre ellos y, cuando se disgustaba, les infligía severos castigos, incluso flagelándolos hasta la muerte.
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