Mumu (Bridge Bilingual Classics) (English-Chinese Bilingual Edition) (Chinese Edition)

Feudalism was still present in mid-century Russia; this created a class struggle in the Russian society. In the short story Mumu, the author Ivan Turgenev, demonstrates a feudalism government through the events of an old lonely woman lord and her serfs. The woman is extremely powerful and acts in a selfish behaviour towards her serfs, in a society where economic status exists among the latter.

《木木》首次发表于《现代人》杂志1854年第3期，小说在1852年5月写成，6月作者把它寄给阿克萨科夫，希望他能在《莫斯科文集》上发表。阿克萨科夫非常喜欢这篇故事，认为“格拉西姆的形象是俄国人民的象征，体现了俄国人民惊人的力量和不可思议的温顺，他对故土的眷恋和返真归璞，他对自己在精神上的觉醒和七情六欲的淡漠”。但《木木》使官方大为惊恐，它被书刊检查机关查禁，两年后才得以发表。