Virgin Soil

14 hrs. 27 min.

Classics

Language Russian

Author Ivan Turgenev

Narrator Yury Gurzhiy

Description

“Nov” is a witty and completely untypical work for Turgenev—here, for the first time, the author gave the main role not to the fates of individual people, but to the social conflicts of the era.

The novel “Nov” — “an excellent work, intended to produce storms and commotions for more than a single year”—was first printed in 1877.

An extremely witty novel and completely new for Turgenev: instead of focusing on separate human destinies, the author makes the social conflicts of the time the center of the story.

A noble main hero strives, at any cost, to understand his own people, and is ready for any sacrifice for that. He denies himself everything for the sake of a high goal and fights against internal contradictions: is he making the right choice?...

This edition also includes the story “The Calm” and the tale “Yakov Pasynkov.”