Page:The Novels of Ivan Turgenev (volume V).djvu/17

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INTRODUCTION

psychological genius) which is classical in its treatment and expression throughout: the balance of Turgenev's intellect reigns ever supreme over the natural morbidity of his subject.

And thus Smoke in every sense of the word is a classic for all time.

January 1896.

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