Handlingen utspiller seg på den russiske landsbygda på 1840-tallet. Sosieteten treffes jevnlig på godset hos enken Lasunskij. En dag blir Dimitrij Rudin introdusert i kretsen. Han er en veltalende mann som straks trollbinder forsamlingen med sine høye idealer, nestekjærlighet og tanker om forandring. Men virkeligheten innhenter ham, og snart blir også Rudin konfrontert med sin egen handlingslammelse.
...ediate aftermath of the Crimean War, when it became obvious to many educated Russians that reform was needed. The main debate of Turgenev's own generation was that of Slavophiles versus Westernizers. Rudin depicts a typical man of this generation (known as 'the men of forties'), intellectual but ineffective. NYHET! Ahcon hjulbrett. Hever og senker seg automatisk. Beregnet til fire hjul. Gjør dekkskiftejobben enklere og mer ergonomisk med dette hjulbrettet! Walter Rudin (May 2, 1921 - May 20, 2010) was an Austrian-American mathematician and professor of Mathematics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Rudin may terminate, change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Rudin Website, including the availability of any features of the Rudin Website, at any time. Rudin may also impose limits on certain features and services or restrict your access to parts or the entire Rudin Website without notice or liability. Rudin may terminate, change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Rud...