THE JEW AND OTHER STORIES

BY IVAN TURGENEV

_Translated from the Russian_
_By CONSTANCE GARNETT_








TO THE MEMORY OF STEPNIAK
WHOSE LOVE OF TURGENEV
SUGGESTED THIS TRANSLATION





INTRODUCTION

In studying the Russian novel it is amusing to note the childish
attitude of certain English men of letters to the novel in general,
their depreciation of its influence and of the public's 'inordinate'
love of fiction. Many men of letters to-day look on the novel as a mere
story-book, as a series of light-coloured, amusing pictures for their
'idle hours,' and on memoirs, biographies, histories, criticism, and