1860
Starts publication of
Turgenev:
George Eliot:
Birth of Chekhov.
1861
Dickens:
1862
Travels in Europe. Affair with Polina Suslova.
Turgenev:
1863
Further travel abroad.
Tolstoy:
1864
Launch of
1865
Dickens:
1865-9
Tolstoy:
1866
Crime
1867
Marries Anna Grigoryevna Snitkina. Flees abroad to escape creditors.
Turgenev:
1868
1869
Birth of daughter Liubov.
Flaubert:
1870
Death of Dickens and Herzen.
1871
Returns to St Petersburg. Birth of son, Fyodor.
1871-2
1872
Summer in Staraia Russa - becomes normal summer residence. Becomes editor of
Marx's
George Eliot:
1873
Starts
1874
Resigns from
1875
1875-8
Tolstoy:
1876
1877
Turgenev:
1878
Birth and death of son, Alexey. Visits Optina monastery with Vladimir Solovyov.
1879
1879- 80
Tolstoy's religious crisis, during which he writes
1880
Speech at Pushkin celebrations in Moscow.
Death of Flaubert and George Eliot.
1881
Dies of lung haemorrhage. Buried at Alexander Nevsky Monastery, St Petersburg.
Translators' Note
Russian names are composed of first name, patronymic (from the father's first name), and family name. Formal address requires the use of first name and patronymic; diminutives are commonly used among family and intimate friends; a shortened form of the patronymic (e.g., Yegorych instead of Yegorovich), used only in speech, also suggests a certain familiarity. Among the aristocracy, who spoke French at least as readily as Russian, the French forms of names were frequently used, such as Julie in place of Yulia. The following list gives the names of the novel's main characters, with their variants. Accented syllables of Russian names are italicized.
Ale
_______, Pras
______, P
G___v, An
Karma
Ki
Le
_______,
Li
______, I
______,
Shigal
