Virgin Soil
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A landmark of nineteenth-century Russian literature, Virgin Soil stands as Ivan Turgenev's final and most politically charged novel. Set in 1860s Russia, it chronicles the ill-fated idealism of young Populist revolutionaries who venture into the countryside to awaken the peasantry, only to confront the vast gulf between their utopian ambitions and the stubborn realities of rural life. Turgenev writes with compassionate irony, presenting a cast of characters whose sincerity is matched only by their naivety, capturing a society teetering on the edge of profound transformation. The novel argues that genuine social change cannot be imposed from above or outside, a theme that resonated deeply across Europe and secured Turgenev's reputation as one of the great literary chroniclers of political disillusionment. This Heron Books edition is translated from the Russian by Rochelle S. Townsend, with an introduction by Nikolai Andreev, PhD, MA, original frontispieces by Marek Rudnicki, and original illustrations by Sandra Archibald.
Author: Ivan S. Turgenev
Format: Hardback
Published: 1963, Heron Books
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A landmark of nineteenth-century Russian literature, Virgin Soil stands as Ivan Turgenev's final and most politically charged novel. Set in 1860s Russia, it chronicles the ill-fated idealism of young Populist revolutionaries who venture into the countryside to awaken the peasantry, only to confront the vast gulf between their utopian ambitions and the stubborn realities of rural life. Turgenev writes with compassionate irony, presenting a cast of characters whose sincerity is matched only by their naivety, capturing a society teetering on the edge of profound transformation. The novel argues that genuine social change cannot be imposed from above or outside, a theme that resonated deeply across Europe and secured Turgenev's reputation as one of the great literary chroniclers of political disillusionment. This Heron Books edition is translated from the Russian by Rochelle S. Townsend, with an introduction by Nikolai Andreev, PhD, MA, original frontispieces by Marek Rudnicki, and original illustrations by Sandra Archibald.