Virgin Soil
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A landmark of nineteenth-century Russian realism, Virgin Soil chronicles the ill-fated idealism of Alexei Nezhdanov, a young revolutionary who immerses himself in the Populist movement of the 1870s, attempting to go to the people and awaken the Russian peasantry to political consciousness. Turgenev presents this social experiment with unflinching clarity, illustrating the vast and tragic gulf between the educated intelligentsia and the rural masses they sought to liberate. The novel's tone is at once melancholic and sharply ironic, as Nezhdanov's romantic convictions crumble against the indifference and incomprehension of the very people he champions. Through a richly drawn cast of radicals, liberals, and reactionaries, the narrative uncovers the contradictions and self-deceptions at the heart of the revolutionary impulse. Written with the elegant, measured prose that defines Turgenev's finest work, Virgin Soil stands as both a penetrating social document and a deeply human portrait of a generation caught between conviction and despair.
Author: Ivan S. Turgenev
Format: Hardback
Published: 1911, Everyman's Library (Dent: London / Dutton: New York)
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A landmark of nineteenth-century Russian realism, Virgin Soil chronicles the ill-fated idealism of Alexei Nezhdanov, a young revolutionary who immerses himself in the Populist movement of the 1870s, attempting to go to the people and awaken the Russian peasantry to political consciousness. Turgenev presents this social experiment with unflinching clarity, illustrating the vast and tragic gulf between the educated intelligentsia and the rural masses they sought to liberate. The novel's tone is at once melancholic and sharply ironic, as Nezhdanov's romantic convictions crumble against the indifference and incomprehension of the very people he champions. Through a richly drawn cast of radicals, liberals, and reactionaries, the narrative uncovers the contradictions and self-deceptions at the heart of the revolutionary impulse. Written with the elegant, measured prose that defines Turgenev's finest work, Virgin Soil stands as both a penetrating social document and a deeply human portrait of a generation caught between conviction and despair.