A House of Gentlefolk

About this film

LibriVox recording of A House of Gentlefolk by Ivan Turgenev. (Translated by Constance Garnett.) Read in English by tovarisch The novel titled in Russian "Дворянское Гнездо" (Dvoryanskoye Gnezdo, sometimes translated as Home of the Gentry, A Nest of the Gentlefolk, A Nest of the Gentry) is considered a sequel to "Rudin". It is the story of the protagonist Fyodor Ivanych Lavretsky, a son of a nobleman and a serf, 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. - Summary by tovarisch based on Wikipedia article For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B Audiobook (212MB)

Directors & creators

Ivan Turgenev

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;Russian Literature

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