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A Sportsman's Sketches 

(Sketches from a Hunter's Album) 

by

Ivan Turgenev

A Sportsman's Sketches
(Sketches from a Hunter's Album)

(1852)
A collection of stories by

Ivan Turgenev

 

"A Sportsman's Sketches" was a collection of short stories written by Ivan Turgenev in 1852. Known also as "Sketches from a Hunter's Album" or "The Hunting Sketches", the stories were Turgenev's first major piece of writing and brought him instant recognition. Based on his own observations riding around his family's estate the stories explore the difficult lives of the peasants and the Russian system of serfdom. This system came into effect during the 11th century and required the dependency of the peasants on the state. Peasants' mobility was severely restricted and it was made illegal for them to run away from the estates where they worked - they belonged, in essence, to the landowners who could move them to another estate under another landowner while retaining the serf's personal property and family.While there were many rebellions against serfdom it was only in 1861 that it was finally abolished and all serfs were freed by the Tsar, Alexander II. Turgenev's "A Sportsman's Sketches" influenced the Tsar's decision to abolish the system of serfdom in Russia.
 
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2008 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: B00171OP0CTitle: A Sportsman's Sketches
Author(s): Ivan Turgenev
Publisher: Five Pointed Press
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September 2003 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 1414200846Title: Sportsman's Sketches, V1, A
Author(s): Ivan Turgenev
ISBN: 1-4142-0084-6 / 978-1-4142-0084-2 (USA edition)
Publisher: IndyPublish
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January 1932 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: B00086ORIMTitle: A Sportsman'S Sketches
Author(s): Garnett Constance Turgenev Ivan
Publisher: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd
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1924 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: B0008CFHL2Title: A Sportsman's Sketches
Author(s): Ivan Turgenev
Publisher: William Heinemann
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January 1920 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: B0012DP8M4Title: A Sportsman's Sketches Volume I
Author(s): Ivan Turgenev
Publisher: MacMillan Company - William Heinemann
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1913 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: B00121VLKOTitle: A Sportsman's Sketches
Author(s): Turgenev Ivan
Publisher: Heinemann
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Cover of ISBN: 0900186747Title: Sportsman's Sketches
Author(s): Ivan Turgenev
ISBN: 0-900186-74-7 / 978-0-900186-74-5 (UK edition)
Publisher: Bradda Books
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September 2008 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0571245498Title: Sportsman's Sketches: v. 1
Author(s): Ivan Turgenev
ISBN: 0-571-24549-8 / 978-0-571-24549-9 (UK edition)
Publisher: Faber Finds
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November 2007 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 1425052061Title: A Sportsman's Sketches: Easyread Edition
Author(s): Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
ISBN: 1-4250-5206-1 / 978-1-4250-5206-5 (USA edition)
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November 2007 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 1425076726Title: A Sportsman's Sketches: Easyread Large Edition
Author(s): Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
ISBN: 1-4250-7672-6 / 978-1-4250-7672-6 (USA edition)
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November 2007 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 1425093035Title: A Sportsman's Sketches: Easyread Comfort Edition
Author(s): Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
ISBN: 1-4250-9303-5 / 978-1-4250-9303-7 (USA edition)
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September 2004 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0140445226Title: Sketches from a Hunter's Album (Classics)
Author(s): Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev, Richard Freeborn
ISBN: 0-14-044522-6 / 978-0-14-044522-0 (UK edition)
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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June 2004 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 141910344XTitle: A Sportsman's Sketches
Author(s): Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
ISBN: 1-4191-0344-X / 978-1-4191-0344-5 (USA edition)
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
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September 2003 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 1414200854Title: A Sportsman's Sketches, V1
Author(s): Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
ISBN: 1-4142-0085-4 / 978-1-4142-0085-9 (USA edition)
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1990 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B000OJA688Title: Sketches from a Hunter's Album
Author(s): IVAN TURGENEV
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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1977 : Mass Market Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B000IVXKAITitle: Sketches from a Hunter's Album
Author(s): Ivan Turgenev
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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January 1967 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0140441867Title: Sketches From A Hunters Album
Author(s): Ivan Turgenev
ISBN: 0-14-044186-7 / 978-0-14-044186-4 (UK edition)
Publisher: Penguin UK
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1964 : Mass Market Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B000K0D8Q8Title: Sketches from a Hunter's Album
Author(s): Ivan Turgenev
Publisher: Penguin
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