TO JOSEPH CONRAD

WHOSE ART IN ESSENCE OFTEN RECALLS

THE ART AND ESSENCE OF TURGENEV





INTRODUCTION

The six tales now translated for the English reader were written by
Turgenev at various dates between 1847 and 1881. Their chronological
order is:--


_Pyetushkov_, 1847

_The Brigadier_, 1867

_A Strange Story_, 1869

_Punin and Baburin_, 1874

_Old Portraits_, 1881