Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Ventnor Blue Plaques -
- Ivan Turgenev -

Location

At Ventnor Esplanade, Ventnor, Isle of Wight

Description

Property bears a plaque marking Ivan Turgenev's visit to Ventnor in 1860, the former site of Belinda Cottage.
Plaque

Ventnor : Ivan Turgenev visit plaque
 
Inscription


Ivan Turgenev
1818 - 1883
Russian Novelist,
Lived here on this site
at Belinda Cottage
and here in 1860 began
his best known work,
"Fathers & Sons"


 
Further Information

Wikipedia article : Ivan Turgenev


 


Ventnor : Ivan Turgenev visit plaque
 


 
 

 
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