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First thought Turgenev was trolling snooty Russian aristocrats with their affected French. Then realized he’s probably trolling would be “revolutionaries” as well. Truth probably is that old Ivan found all of these fools to be quite ridiculous. A massive troll job on everyone except for the poor, who have to navigate both groups just to survive

“ ‘To listen to you one would think that all questions of finance were above our nobility!’

‘Oh no! On the other hand, the nobility are masters at it. For getting concessions for railways, founding banks, exempting themselves from some tax, or anything like that, there is no one to beat them!’ “

“He was not thinking of anything in particular, but gave himself up to those peculiar sensations of spring which in the heart of young and old alike are always mixed with a certain degree of sadness. The keen sadness of awaiting in the young and of settled regret in the old”

What a pretentious fop Kollomietzev is with his affected French and fancy fashion. Just met him and I’m already annoyed by him