Turgeneff is most renowned artistically for the landscapes which are scattered through his works, and principally portray the nature of his native locality, central Russia.

Equally famous, and executed with no less mastery and art, are his portrayal and analysis of the various vicissitudes of the tender passion, and in this respect, he was regarded as a connoisseur of the feminine heart.

A special epithet, "the bard of love," was often applied to him.

Along with a series of masculine types, Turgeneff's works present a whole gallery of Russian women of the '50's and '60's, portrayed in a matchless manner with the touch of absolute genius.

And it is a fact worth noting that in his works, as in those of all the "authors of the '40's," the women stand immeasurably higher than the men.