"No one ever knew how to write a novel better than Turgenev."
>A novel has to give an illusion of life in the real world. Yet, if it is to be a true work of art, the novelist's picture must have the artistic qualities; it must be single, harmonious, delightful. But, alas, life in the real world is not distinguished by these qualities. How then is the unfortunate novelist to reconcile his obligations? The answer is that most novelists do not. But Turgenev did.
>His stories give an extraordinary illusion of reality: everything happens so naturally and casually that our first impression is that we are just getting a glimpse of an unpredictable succession of actual events.
>With equal success Turgenev contrived to make reality delightful...so that his vigilantly accurate picture of reality is inevitably also a picture of what is beautiful in reality.
Thoughts?
Did anyone know how to write a novel better than Turgenev?