И.С. Тургенев: Life, Works & Criticism
Podcasts on Turgenev from Middlebury CollegeThe generation gap of 1860s Russia
Podcast on Turgenev’s novel, Fathers and Sons – Listen .mp3 | iTunes
Featuring: Casey Mahoney
“Turgenev was born into a wealthy landed family in Oryol, Russia on 28 October 1818. His father, Sergei Nikolaevich Turgenev, a colonel in the Imperial Russian cavalry, was a chronic philanderer. Ivan’s mother, Varvara Petrovna Lutovinova, was a wealthy heiress, who had had an unhappy childhood and suffered…”
A revolutionary from birth to death
Podcast on Turgenev’s Life – Listen .mp3 | iTunes
Featuring: Catherine Ahearn
“Turgenev was born into a wealthy landed family in Oryol, Russia on 28 October 1818. His father, Sergei Nikolaevich Turgenev, a colonel in the Imperial Russian cavalry, was a chronic philanderer. Ivan’s mother, Varvara Petrovna Lutovinova, was a wealthy heiress, who had had an unhappy childhood and suffered…”