The Precipice
29 hrs. 14 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Ivan Goncharov
Author
Ivan Goncharov
Narrator
Ivan Bukchin
Narrator
Ivan Bukchin
Description
The immortal novel of the “unnecessary man” of its time, the artist Raysky, who tries to “ignite passions” in women, but runs into their own will and the complexity of human relationships.
The novel “Obryv” (1869) caused a terrible scandal in Russian literary circles: Turgenev openly accused the author of borrowing his motives—and even entire plotlines—while Goncharov retaliated by accusing Turgenev of plagiarism of “Obryv,” with which he was familiar from manuscripts. But now, long after those passions have subsided—and with the independence of both works repeatedly proven by literary scholars—nothing prevents readers from enjoying the stormy, and slightly ironic, passions simmering on the pages of this immortal novel.
Artist Boris Raysky, who imagines himself an “idealist Don Juan,” calls his highest purpose the “awakening of a woman to passion.” Yet the intended “targets” for his “awakening” do not rush to fall at the seducer’s feet. A beautiful young widow begins an affair with someone else. And Marfin’ka, the young ward of Boris’s grandmother, a landowner named Berezhkova, prefers quiet family happiness with a decent, well-off young admirer. When the older sister of Marfin’ka returns to the estate—Vera, mysterious and withdrawn—events take a completely different turn: Raysky, the unfortunate seducer, falls for her for real and truly…
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The novel “Obryv” (1869) caused a terrible scandal in Russian literary circles: Turgenev openly accused the author of borrowing his motives—and even entire plotlines—while Goncharov retaliated by accusing Turgenev of plagiarism of “Obryv,” with which he was familiar from manuscripts. But now, long after those passions have subsided—and with the independence of both works repeatedly proven by literary scholars—nothing prevents readers from enjoying the stormy, and slightly ironic, passions simmering on the pages of this immortal novel.
Artist Boris Raysky, who imagines himself an “idealist Don Juan,” calls his highest purpose the “awakening of a woman to passion.” Yet the intended “targets” for his “awakening” do not rush to fall at the seducer’s feet. A beautiful young widow begins an affair with someone else. And Marfin’ka, the young ward of Boris’s grandmother, a landowner named Berezhkova, prefers quiet family happiness with a decent, well-off young admirer. When the older sister of Marfin’ka returns to the estate—Vera, mysterious and withdrawn—events take a completely different turn: Raysky, the unfortunate seducer, falls for her for real and truly…
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