In a novella, a landowner duels Baron von Donhof and then goes to work in a pastry shop to be with Fraulein Gemma, while another sees the dying (*) Chulkaturin recount his childhood passion for Liza.
In one of this man's stories, the actress Klara kills herself onstage after being rebuffed by the misanthropic Yakov, while Alexander Ridel's pranking of his friend Tyeglev has unexpected results in his "Knock, Knock, Knock." In a novella, a landowner duels Baron von Donhof and then goes to work in a pastry shop to be with Fraulein Gemma, while another sees the dying (*) Chulkaturin recount his childhood passion for Liza. His most famous collection includes a story about a group of peasants in the woods discussing the role of water sprites in Arulina's insanity and Vasya's drowning, and one about the maid Arina being forbidden to marry by Lady Zverkov, "Bezhin Lea" and "Yermolay and the Miller's Wife," both of which are narrated by a leisurely hunter. For 10 points, name this author of Torrents of Spring, Diary of a Superfluous Man, and A Sportsman's Sketches.
In one of this man's stories, the actress Klara kills herself onstage after being rebuffed by the misanthropic Yakov, while Alexander Ridel's pranking of his friend Tyeglev has unexpected results in his "Knock, Knock, Knock."
Ivan {Turgenev}