Rudin

Main Ideas

• The crisis of the intelligentsia and the problem of the 'superfluous man' in 19th-century Russian society
• The conflict between idealism and practicality in life, reflections on the role of the intelligentsia in Russian history
• The conflict between personal beliefs and societal expectations, the difference between dreams and reality
• The theme of love and betrayal, the influence of emotions on a person's fate
• Exploration of loneliness, the isolation of the intellectual from society
• The search for the meaning of life, inner reflections on self-realization and finding one's path