Frontmatter -- Preface -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Introduction -- 1. Hamlet and Don Quixote -- 2. The Hero as Failure -- 3. Turgenev's "Women in Love" -- 4. First Love, Triumphant Love and Death -- 5. Passion and Death -- 6. The Abyss of Nature -- 7. Pessimism -- 8. Fate and Fantasy -- 9. Dream and Reality -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Titles of Turgenev's Works -- Index of Names