The Precipice
Goncharov, Ivan Aleksandrovich, 1812-1891
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"The Precipice" by Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov is a novel published in 1869. Three men compete for the love of Vera, an independent and intelligent woman: Boris Raisky, a dilettante artist; Mark Volokhov, a nihilist preaching materialism and atheism; and Ivan Tushin, an enlightened landowner. Their struggle reflects broader tensions between new philosophical ideas and traditional values in Russian society. The novel also features Raisky's wise grandmother, creating a portrait of women navigating a changing world. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Love stories Russia -- Social life and customs -- 1533-1917 -- Fiction
PG
The Precipice - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Precipice_(Goncharov_novel) This text is condensed from the original. Release date is 2005-01-01
Text file produced by Susan Skinner, Eric Eldred, Charles Franks and
the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
HTML file produced by David Widger Text file produced by Susan Skinner, Eric Eldred, Charles Franks and
the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
HTML file produced by David Widger
"The Precipice" by Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov is a novel published in 1869. Three men compete for the love of Vera, an independent and intelligent woman: Boris Raisky, a dilettante artist; Mark Volokhov, a nihilist preaching materialism and atheism; and Ivan Tushin, an enlightened landowner. Their struggle reflects broader tensions between new philosophical ideas and traditional values in Russian society. The novel also features Raisky's wise grandmother, creating a portrait of women navigating a changing world. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Love stories Russia -- Social life and customs -- 1533-1917 -- Fiction
PG