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A HOUSE OF GENTLEFOLK
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Ivan Turgenev, Constance Garnett (Trans) |
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ISBN 10: |
057124453X |
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9780571244539 |
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FABER & FABER |
Pub. date: |
17 July, 2008 |
Pages: |
332 |
Description: |
A sequel to "Rudin", this novel is about Russian society, idealism, innocence and disillusionment. It is set amidst the green fields owned by bourgeois Russians and pivots around the character of Lisa, a smart and accomplished young woman who represents the traditional, dutiful, innocent and modest Russian girlhood from that era. |
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A sequel to "Rudin", "A House of Gentlefolk" was originally published in 1858 and was translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett in 1894. A quintessential Turgenev novel about Russian society, idealism, innocence and disillusionment it is set amidst the green fields owned by bourgeois Russians. The novel pivots around the character of Lisa, a smart and accomplished young woman who represents the traditional, dutiful, innocent and modest Russian girlhood from that era. Lavretsky, the hero, is a man of action and a man of culture. He, like Lisa, is a democratic Russian and so it is almost inevitable that he and Lisa fall in love. Their contentment is short-lived, however, as a woman from Lavretsky's past enters their lives and threatens to ruin their happiness forever. Although a melancholy story the novel's overall tone remains one of hope and it is easy to see how "A House of Gentlefolk" became the favourite Turgenev novel for English-speaking readers. |
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Faber & Faber |
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