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Nest Of The Gentry, Virgin Soil (EverymanS Library Classics Series)
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A Hardcover Omnibus From The Author Of Fathers And Children And First LoveCombining The Doomed Love Story That Was The Most Popular Of TurgenevS Novels During His Lifetime With His Final And Most Ambitious Novel, A Tragic Satire Of The Nave Idealism Of YouthturgenevS Popular 1859 Novel Has Been Translated Into English Under Various Titles, Including House Of The Gentlefolk, Home Of The Gentry, And A NoblemanS Nest. Fyodor Lavretsky Is A Nobleman Whose Mother Was A Serf Who Died When He Was Young, Leaving Him To Be Brought Up On His FatherS Country Estate By A Cruel Aunt. Years Later, Living In Paris, Lavretsky Discovers That His Beautiful And Flirtatious Wife Has Been Unfaithful. Broken And Disillusioned, He Returns To The Family Estate Where He Falls In Love With A Young Cousin, Liza, Whose Simple And Serious Nature Is A Contrast To His WifeS. A False Report Of His WifeS Death Prompts Him To Declare His Love To Liza, With Tragic Results For Both Of Them.Virgin Soil, Published In 1877, Is Both A Love Story And A Bitterly Funny Social Satire. It Was Inspired By The Idealistic Youth Of 1870S Russia Who Rejected Their Lives Of Privilege To Live Among The People, Often Hoping To Improve The Miserable Lives Of Workers. Alexey Nezhdanov, Illegitimate Son Of An Aristocrat, Is Determined To Radicalize The Peasantry And Inspire Them To Political Action. He Takes A Job At A Country Estate As A Tutor To A PoliticianS Child, Though His Ambitions To Effect Social Change Are Complicated By His Growing Love For A Niece Of His EmployerS Family.While Both These Novels Testify To TurgenevS Reputation As The Foremost Russian Political Novelist Of The Nineteenth Century, They Are Equally Remarkable For His Ability To Render His Characters As Compellingly Vivid Individuals Struggling To Reconcile Their Ideals With Their Emotions.EverymanS Library Pursues The Highest Production Standards, Printing On AcidFree, CreamColored Paper, With FullCloth Cases With TwoColor Foil Stamping, Decorative Endpapers, Silk Ribbon Markers, EuropeanStyle HalfRound Spines, And A FullColor Illustrated Jacket. EverymanS Library Classics Include An Introduction, A Bibliography, And A Chronology Of The AuthorS Life And Times.
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