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Mumu is a short story written by Ivan Turgenev in 1852 and first published in 1854 which brought a greater attention to the cruelties of serdom. It is now part of our bilingual book (Russian/English)
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev was born on November 9, (October 28), 1818 in Oryol in the Russian Empire. He was a Russian novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, translator fluent in German, French and English. He also was a popularizer of Russian literature in the West but his primary concern was Russia and he wrote mostly about it and only in Russian. He died on September 3 (August 22) 1883, in Bougival, France.
Ivan Turgenev wrote the story “Mumu” while he was exiled to his estate of Spasskoye-Lutovinovo after having spend a month in custody for writing an obituary on the death of Nicholai Gogol contrary to the prohibitions of censorship.
“Mumu” is an exploration and a critic of serfdom showing the terror of absolute power of one human being over another and is based on a real story with a dog that happened at Turgenev’s house in Moscow. His mother is represented by the landlady while the Serf was Andrey who unlike the serf in the story stayed with his mistress. …
Continue reading on the site: Facts and short summary of “Mumu” by Ivan Turgenev
You can read this story, in English, Russian or in the bilingual format:
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