ON THE EVE 

a Novel 

BY 

IVAN TURGENEV 

Translated from the Russian By CONSTANCE GARNETT 

[With an introduction by EDWARD GARNETT] 

LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN 1895 

INTRODUCTION 

This exquisite novel, first published in 1859, like so many great
works of art, holds depths of meaning which at first sight lie veiled
under the simplicity and harmony of the technique.  To the English