Highly influential Russian author (1818–1883) whose 1862 novel Fathers and Sons remains one of the pillars of 19th-century literature. ALS in French, signed “Iv. Tourgueneff,” one page, 5 x 8, January 29 [no year]. Untranslated handwritten letter addressed from Paris. In very good to fine condition, with a slice in the left margin, affecting none of the handwriting. From 1871 until his death in 1883, Turgenev lived with the Viardot family at 48 Rue de Douai in Paris.
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