Virgin Soil Volume 2

Virgin Soil Volume 2

by Ivan Turgenev

Virgin Soil, the final novel by Ivan Turgenev, explores the tumultuous social changes sweeping through Russia in the wake of serf emancipation. The second volume focuses on the impact of these transformations on the characters, their relationships, and their personal struggles. The novel delves into themes of love, marriage, class conflict, and the complexities of rural life during a period of societal upheaval. Turgenev's masterful prose paints a vivid picture of the era, capturing the conflicting emotions and societal tensions of the time.

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Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev was a Russian novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, translator and popularizer of Russian literature in the West. His first major publication, a short story collec...

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