Home of the Gentry by Ivan Turgenev

by Ivan Turgenev

Overview

HOME OF THE GENTRY (or HOUSE OF GENTLEFOLK) follows the life Fyodor Ivanych Lavretsky, a wealthy Russian raised by a cruel aunt. After marrying a beautiful woman at university and moving Paris, Fyodor is shocked to discover her infidelity. He breaks things off, returning to Russia and falls in love with another woman, only to find his problems are just beginning.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013512559
Publisher:	Halcyon Press Ltd.
Publication date:	11/23/2011
Series:	Halcyon Classics , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	506 KB

About the Author

Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818-1883) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright. Turgenev wrote on themes similar to those found in the works of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky, the gritty realism of peasant life and serfdom in Russia.