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The District Doctor and Other Stories

By: Ivan Turgenev
Narrated by: Max Bollinger
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An intriguing confession of a doctor’s romantic involvement with a beautiful, 20-year-old patient. Followed by Turgenev’s exquisite, often meditative descriptions of the Russian countryside and mysterious herbalist Kassyan, infatuated with Gamayane, a prophetic bird of Russian folklore, a symbol of wisdom and knowledge. Read in English.

©2011 Sovereign Classic (P)2011 Sovereign Classic Classics Russia
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"Somewhat different or at least more dramatic than the other stories contained in Turgenev's short story collection, the characters are so well defined and the situations as the physician describes them are so touching that the story seeps into the mind and remains there." (Grady Harp)
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Portraits of a long gone rural world, Turgenev as always manages to write with great subtlety and care of the lives he depicts, a dying girl, a peasant called the flea, who is actually a quite remarkable person, wise and loving.

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Beautiful literature ruined by poor narration. Unfortunately I cannot return this title because I paid for it with money rather than a credit.

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