On the Eve (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

On the eve of the Crimean War, young Elena Nikolayevna finds herself courted by free-spirited sculptor Pavel Shubin and straight-laced student Andrei Bersyenev. The latter introduces her to Bulgarian student revolutionary Dmitri Insarov, whom she falls in love with and secretly marries. War and fate have further plans for Elena in this 1860 novel.