| Virgin Soil Part Two Contributor(s): Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich (Author), Garnett, Constance (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1417934832 ISBN-13: 9781417934836 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2004 Annotation: 1920. Volume II. From The Novels and Stories of Ivan Turgenieff. Turgenieff (Turgenev), novelist, poet, and playwright, known for his detailed descriptions about everyday live in Russia in the 19th century, he portrayed realistically the peasantry and the rising intelligentsia in its attempt to move the country into a new age. Virgin Soil, the biggest and most ambitious of all his works. At the heart of the book is the story of a young man and a young woman, torn between love and politics, who struggle to make headway against the complacency of the powerful, the inarticulate misery of the powerless, and the stifling conventions of provincial life. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Sagas |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 6" W x 9" (0.87 lbs) 268 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. |