Project Gutenberg 2004-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 69 Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich 1818 1883 Тургенев, Иван Сергеевич Tourgueneff, Ivan Turgénieff, Iván Toergenev, Ivan Turgenjeff, Iwan Turgenev, I. S. Ralston, William Ralston Shedden 1828 1889 Ralston, W. R. S. (William Ralston Shedden) Ralston, W.R.S. Liza; Or, "A Nest of Nobles" Reading ease score: 80.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by David Starner, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Liza; Or, 'A Nest of Nobles'" by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev is a novel written during the mid-19th century that explores the complexities of Russian aristocracy and society. The story primarily revolves around the character of Liza Kalitina, who navigates the intricacies of family, social expectations, and romantic relationships against a backdrop of changing societal norms in Russia. The opening of the novel introduces the reader to Maria Dmitrievna Kalitina, a widow living in a mansion in the provincial town of O. in 1842. We meet her aunt, Marfa Timofeevna, who provides a contrasting perspective on social issues, especially regarding respectability and moral propriety. As they converse, the arrival of Sergius Petrovich Gedeonovsky brings news of Fedor Ivanovich Lavretsky, a man with a questionable past who has recently returned to town. This news leads to discussions about love, social pretensions, and the lives of the characters surrounding Liza. The opening chapters set the stage for exploring themes of love, morality, and the complexities of human relationships in a changing society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Russia -- Fiction PG Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Russian Interest Browsing: Fiction 467853 467729 2024-10-05T16:35:27.285006 2023-10-06T04:25:43.000009 text/html text/html 467846 467722 2024-10-05T16:35:27.699986 2023-10-06T04:25:43.198019 text/html text/html 256359 2024-10-05T16:35:36.992970 application/epub+zip 262611 2024-10-05T16:35:31.294983 application/epub+zip 241303 2024-10-05T16:35:29.985999 application/epub+zip 502704 2024-10-05T16:35:41.515954 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 459128 2024-10-05T16:35:36.150949 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 419985 2022-09-06T19:13:58.196785 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 426120 426047 2024-10-05T16:35:26.852048 2023-10-06T04:25:42.691064 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 427346 2020-12-14T18:50:25 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 164065 2020-12-14T18:50:25 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 427340 2020-12-14T18:50:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 163947 2020-12-14T18:50:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21926 2024-10-05T16:35:41.661913 application/rdf+xml 16539 2024-10-05T16:35:30.531968 image/jpeg 4038 2024-10-05T16:35:30.258982 image/jpeg 251437 2024-10-05T16:35:27.739979 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia