The Diary of Excessive Man

"The Diary of the Excessive Man" of Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev is a cult narrative that gave the Russian literature the term "excessive man" and became a deep socio-psychological study of human loneliness and unrealisedness. After spending the last days alone, he decides to keep a diary to bring the conclusion of his short and unseen life. Before the reader, the story of a person who feels himself absolutely alien and unnecessary in society turns out: his only attempt to love ends with an irresponsible passion and duel, and all the breaks break down about his own irresolvency, mindfulness and cold indifference of the others. Turgenev with virtuous delicacy and light sadness preparates the psychology of a person realizing his own humility, creating a penetrating and eternal image of the "Five-Round in the Telegue." Who to read: to the appreciators of the thin psychological prose and the Russian classics of the nineteenth century, to the lovers of confessional literature and to those interested in the evolution of the image of the "excessive man" in literature.