{"product_id":"2026200015763-secondhand-a-nest-of-the-gentry-a-novel","title":"A Nest Of The Gentry: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Fair\u003cbr\u003eJacket: N\/A\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of nineteenth-century Russian aristocratic society, Ivan Turgenev's A Nest of the Gentry chronicles the poignant and ill-fated love between Fyodor Lavretsky, a disillusioned nobleman who returns to his provincial estate after a failed marriage, and Liza Kalitina, a deeply devout and morally steadfast young woman whose inner life burns with quiet intensity. Set against the lush, languid backdrop of a Russian country manor, the novel presents an achingly tender portrait of two souls drawn together by an almost spiritual kinship, only to be pulled apart by duty, circumstance, and the cruel weight of the past. Turgenev constructs his narrative with the precision of a painter, filling each scene with a melancholic beauty that transforms the personal into the universal.\n\nA Nest of the Gentry, first published in 1859, stands as one of the supreme achievements of Russian Realism, illustrating Turgenev's unparalleled gift for rendering psychological nuance with an economy of prose that his contemporaries — Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky among them — greatly admired. This 1951 Moscow Foreign Languages Publishing House edition represents a significant moment in the translation and international dissemination of Russian literary heritage. Turgenev's genius lies in his ability to hold tragedy and tenderness in perfect equilibrium, leaving the reader to wonder not only what was lost, but what, in the deepest human sense, might have been.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203106447579,"sku":"2026200015763-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/ea611096-2749-4cb1-9419-a4f263837fe3.png?v=1788143844","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200015763-secondhand-a-nest-of-the-gentry-a-novel","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}