City folk and country folk
(Book)
Contributors
Favorov, Nora Seligman, Translator
Published
New York : Columbia University Press, 2017.
Status
Central - Adult Fiction
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Published
New York : Columbia University Press, 2017.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xxxiii, 234 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Translated from the Russian.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
An unsung gem of nineteenth-century Russian literature, City Folk and Country Folk is a seemingly gentle yet devastating satire of Russia's aristocratic and pseudo-intellectual elites in the 1860s. Translated into English for the first time, the novel weaves an engaging tale of manipulation, infatuation, and female assertiveness that takes place one year after the liberation of the empire's serfs. Upending Russian literary clichés of female passivity and rural gentry benightedness, Sofia Khvoshchinskaya centers her story on a common-sense, hardworking noblewoman and her self-assured daughter living on their small rural estate. The antithesis of the thoughtful, intellectual, and self-denying young heroines created by Khvoshchinskaya's male peers, especially Ivan Turgenev, seventeen-year-old Olenka ultimately helps her mother overcome a sense of duty to her "betters" and leads the two to triumph over the urbanites' financial, amorous, and matrimonial machinations. -- from Amazon.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Khvoshchinskai︠a︡, S. D., & Favorov, N. S. (2017). City folk and country folk . Columbia University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Khvoshchinskai︠a︡, Sofʹi︠a︡ Dmitrievna, 1828-1865 and Nora Seligman, Favorov. 2017. City Folk and Country Folk. Columbia University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Khvoshchinskai︠a︡, Sofʹi︠a︡ Dmitrievna, 1828-1865 and Nora Seligman, Favorov. City Folk and Country Folk Columbia University Press, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Khvoshchinskai︠a︡, Sofʹi︠a︡ Dmitrievna, and Nora Seligman Favorov. City Folk and Country Folk Columbia University Press, 2017.
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