{"product_id":"9781458706515","title":"Virgin Soil","description":"Turgenev was unquestionably the most liberal-spirited and unqualifiedly  humane of all the great nineteenth-century Russian novelists, and in Virgin  Soil, the biggest and most ambitious of all his works, he sought to balance  his deep affection for his country and his people with his growing  apprehensions about what their future held in store. At the heart of the  book is the story of a young man and a young woman, torn between love and  politics, who struggle to make headway against the complacency of the  powerful, the inarticulate misery of the powerless, and the stifling  conventions of provincial life. This rich and complex book, at once a love  story, a devastating, and bitterly funny, social satire, and, perhaps most  movingly of all, a heartfelt celebration of the immense beauty of the  Russian countryside, is a tragic masterpiece in which one of the world¹s  finest novelists confronts the enduring question of the place of happiness  in a political world.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIvan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818-1883) was born into a wealthy family from  the class of landed gentry and educated at the universities of Moscow and  St. Petersburg. He first made his name with A Sportsman¹s Sketches, a  realistic portrayal of Russian country life that is said to have influenced  Tsar Alexander II to liberate the serfs. In later life, Turgenev lived in  Europe and returned only occasionally to his native country. Among his most  famous works are the novels Fathers and Sons, Rudin, and On the Eve.    ","brand":"ReadHowYouWant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47124364591344,"sku":"9781458706515","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781458706515_p0.jpg?v=1763868154","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781458706515","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}