City Folk and Country Folk

by Sofia Khvoshchinskaya

Book Overview

An unsung gem of nineteenth-century Russian literature, City Folk and Country Folk is a seemingly gentle yet devastating satire of Russia's aristocratic and pseudo-intellectual elites in the 1860s. Translated into English for the first time, the novel weaves an engaging tale of manipulation, infatuation, and female assertiveness that takes place one year after the liberation of the empire's serfs.

Upending Russian literary clich...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231183038
• ISBN13: 9780231183031
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher