Turgenev's cycle of short stories "Notes of a hunter" was called the most significant "document" of the life of the Russian village in the middle of the XIX century. For the writer himself, the collection became an important, even a turning point in his creative biography. He brought Turgenev the success of the public, critical acclaim and personal confidence in his literary vocation.This edition includes ten of the most famous stories of the cycle. They provide an opportunity to get acquainted both with the topic that Turgenev began to develop one of the first among prose writers, and with his innovative principles of narration.Illustrations by Nikolai Ustinov, one of the most famous Russian landscape illustrators, will help you immerse yourself in the Turgenev world of hunting trips.For children of secondary school age.