{"product_id":"2026200011165-secondhand-a-month-in-the-country","title":"A Month In The Country","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Month in the Country is a landmark of 19th-century Russian drama, widely regarded as a forerunner of the psychological realism that would later define the works of Chekhov and Stanislavski. Written by Ivan Turgenev, the play chronicles the emotional upheaval that descends upon a quiet rural household when a young student tutor arrives and unwittingly captures the hearts of both the bored, romantically restless wife Natalya and her young ward Vera. Turgenev masterfully illustrates the suffocating nature of provincial life and the destructive power of repressed desire, dissecting jealousy, self-deception, and longing with surgical precision. The tone is at once melancholic and acutely observed, presenting characters whose inner lives are far richer — and more tormented — than their idle country existence suggests. A cornerstone of world theatre, this intimate domestic drama argues that passion, left unacknowledged, can unravel even the most seemingly stable of lives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48956210053339,"sku":"2026200011165-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/2279c2cb-100d-4e0c-b80c-597052257f73.png?v=1783499081","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200011165-secondhand-a-month-in-the-country","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}