Prose J.S. Turgenev, perhaps the most refined in Russian classical literature, picturesque, stylistically impeccable. How psychologically true, how alive his characters are, by what minimal means the writer achieves such incredible artistic depiction. And the eternal conflict of fathers and children is written out brilliantly. How exactly the writer feels the historical situation, the trends that are maturing in society. It is no coincidence that the novels of I. Turgenev both in Russia and abroad were perceived as an artistic commentary on the Russian revolutionary events of post-reform Russia.The book includes the famous works of I. Turgenev about love, because "only love keeps and moves life" , about an extra person, as well as the mystical works of the writer, no less significant for his creative path, but much less replicated. Ivan Turgenev generously shares all his important discoveries with the reader in his works.The book is preceded by an introductory speech by Dmitry Bykov, which is based on a lecture given on the 200th anniversary of the writer's birth, transcribed and prepared for publication especially for this book. It presents an original look at the work of Ivan Turgenev, the most European Russian writer of the 19th century.