Vassili Verestchagin : painter, soldier, traveler : autobiographical sketches (1888)
Vereshchagin, Vasiliĭ Vasilʹevich, 1842-1904 · New York : American Art Association · leaf 197
. S. TURGEXIEFF. “Virgin Soil ” 1 did not like at all. In the first part there is much that is natural, and the types are true ; but the sec- ond part is evidently not the result of observation, but founded on information and conjecture which Turgenieff re- ceived at third hand. I used bad… … TURGENIEFF. assuming that this great genius is acquainted with the sub- ject on which he writes. To illustrate my meaning I will take the well-known French novelist Zola. Some of his novels, e. g. “ L’Assom- moir,” move in an atmosphere of truth, and are remarkable for the correctness of the…
