About “The Diary of a Superfluous Man”
The Diary of a Superfluous Man is an 1850 novella by Ivan Turgenev. It is written as a diary by a 31-year-old man named Tchulkaturin, who is dying of an unspecified illness and has only a few days left to live. Through his reflections, he recounts events from his life. The story introduced the concept of the "superfluous man" in Russian literature. It was first published in 1850 in the magazine Otechestvennye Zapiski in Saint Petersburg. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
Book details
- Latest edition
- 2017 · ISBN 9781544722986
- ISBN
- 9781544722986
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How many pages is The Diary of a Superfluous Man?
The Diary of a Superfluous Man by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev has 182 pages.
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