1923 A Russian Gentleman-Segei Aksakov-HC OXFORD CLASSIC

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1923 A Russian Gentleman-Segei Aksakov-HC OXFORD CLASSIC:
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2016-02-26 61 A Russian Gentleman
Serghei Aksakoff, translated by J.D. DuffPublished by Oxford University Press, 1923,
Oxford World\'s Classics edition, (1923)
Used Hardcover
small sized
no dust jacket
green cloth
spine title faded... At the center of this chronicle of Russian provincial life in the reign of Catherine the Great stands the patriarchal figure of the author\'s grandfather, Stepan Mikhailovich.
A man of great natural dignity, imbued with respect for tradition and love of the land, he is also despotic and virtually illiterate. Into the family comes his son\'s new wife, a spirited, intelligent girl from the town.
Her eyes see a different world--one tainted by grossness, cruelty, and squalor--and she suffers from the hostility of jealous sisters-in-law and the shortcomings of a husband whom she loves but cannot respect.
Her relationship with Stepan Mikhailovich is the heart of a story in which Aksakov celebrates the old feudal way of life without concealing its darker, repressive side...Sergey Timofeyevich Aksakov (1791—1859) was a 19th-century Russian literary figure remembered for his semi-autobiographical tales of family life, as well as his books on hunting and fishing.
in 1832 he met Gogol \"and recognized in him what he had failed to see in Púshkin or any other man—a purely Russian genius.
Aksákov\'s house, a stronghold of pure Russianism in Moscow society, became the temple of the cult of Gógol, and Aksákov its high priest.\"It was Gogol who revealed to Aksakov the possibility of creating literature based directly on life, without forcing it into the mold of classical forms.
In 1834 Aksakov published his first realistic story, \"A Blizzard.\" Around 1840, encouraged by Gogol, he began writing the book that would make him famous, A Family Chronicle.While he was working on that, he published books about two of his favorite activities since his youth, Notes on Fishing (1847) and Notes of a Hunter in Orenburg Province (1852).
Their \"limpid style and concrete content,\" which were \"almost unique in Russian literature,\" were appreciated by contemporaries;
Turgenev reviewed them enthusiastically, and Gogol wrote Aksakov, \"Your birds and fishes are more alive than my men and women.Tight Binding
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