A hunter's quiet sketches of serf and gentry life that exposed the cruelty of Russian serfdom. Turgenev's influential linked stories.
Books mentioned in A Sportsman's Sketches (2)
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe: “saw an old man so infirm that he reminded me at once of the dying goat Robinson Crusoe found in some cave on his island.”
The Wandering Jew by Eugene Sue: “he has hardly as much as waded through the _Wandering Jew_.”
Books that mention A Sportsman's Sketches (2)
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway: “It was one of the stories in “A Sportsman’s Sketches.” I had read it before, but it seemed quite new.”
The Setting Sun by Osamu Dazai: “"What about Turgenev?" "He's an aristocrat. That's why I dislike him." "But A Sportsman's Sketches..." "Yes, that one is rather good, I admit." [auto-translated]”