Mumu. Stories

Ivan Turgenev (1818 — 1883) — a Russian writer, one of the classics of Russian literature who made the most significant contribution to its development. The artistic system created by him influenced the poetics of not only the Russian, but also the Western European novel of the second half of the 19th century.

The story "Mumu" is based on real events that took place in the writer's mother's house. The janitor Gerasim, a man of heroic build, deaf-mute from birth, is diligent and conscientious at work. A difficult fate and the collapse of love did not embitter his heart. Gerasim saves a puppy that had fallen into the water, brings it home, and gives it the name Mumu (this is the word he can pronounce).

"Notes of a Hunter" - a cycle of stories about the life of small landowning nobility and landlords, their serfs and free peasants, about everyday life and customs, about morals and character, and of course, about the beauty of nature in Russia. The book includes the stories "The Ferret and Kalinych", "Raspberry Water", "The District Doctor", "My Neighbor Radilov", "Lgov", and "Lebedyansk".