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First written in 1858, "Home of the Gentry", Ivan Turgenev’s second novel, is an important work that explores the idea of the “superfluous man.”
The main theme of the novel is the maladjustment of the upper classes to their native Russian culture. The “superfluous man” is typically a member of the nobility who’s either been educated abroad or educated to worship all things European, and this leads to a complete emotional detachment and alienation from Russian culture. This adoration of Western culture created a long-time debate and split within Russian society’s intelligentsia, and on the other side of the debate was Slavophilism with its disdain for Western culture.
"Home of the Gentry" examines the fallout of the distancing of the upper classes from their own country through its main character, Lavretsky.
Fyodor Ivanych Lavretsky is a nobleman who shares many traits with Turgenev. The child of a distant, Anglophile father and a serf mother who dies when he is very young, Lavretsky is brought up at his family's country estate home by a severe maiden aunt, often thought to be based on Turgenev's own mother who was known for her cruelty.
"Home of the Gentry" was enthusiastically received by the Russian society and remained his least controversial and most widely-read novel until the end of the 19th century. It was turned into a movie by Andrey Konchalovsky in 1969.
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics, Mystery and Thriller
Length6 hrs 51 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 19, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1List of Characters
25Chapter XXIV
2Chapter I
26Chapter XXV
3Chapter II
27Chapter XXVI
4Chapter III
28Chapter XXVII
5Chapter IV
29Chapter XXVIII
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6Chapter V
30Chapter XXIX
7Chapter VI
31Chapter XXX
8Chapter VII
32Chapter XXXI
9Chapter VIII
33Chapter XXXII
10Chapter IX
34Chapter XXXIII
11Chapter X
35Chapter XXXIV
12Chapter XI
36Chapter XXXV
13Chapter XII
37Chapter XXXVI
14Chapter XIII
38Chapter XXXVII
15Chapter XIV
39Chapter XXXVIII
16Chapter XV
40Chapter XXXIX
17Chapter XVI
41Chapter XL
18Chapter XVII
42Chapter XLI
19Chapter XVIII
43Chapter XLII
20Chapter XIX
44Chapter XLIII
21Chapter XX
45Chapter XLIV
22Chapter XXI
46Chapter XLV
23Chapter XXII
47Epilogue
24Chapter XXIII
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