Project Gutenberg 2004-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 161 Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich 1818 1883 Тургенев, Иван Сергеевич Tourgueneff, Ivan Turgénieff, Iván Toergenev, Ivan Turgenjeff, Iwan Turgenev, I. S. Turgenieff, Iwan Ralston, William Ralston Shedden 1828 1889 Ralston, W. R. S. (William Ralston Shedden) Ralston, W.R.S. Liza; Or, "A Nest of Nobles" Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_of_the_Gentry 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.) Reading ease score: 80.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Russia -- Fiction PG Text Category: Novels Category: Russian Literature 467862 2025-07-05T13:35:05.536727 text/html 467846 467722 2024-11-05T16:16:02.257200 2023-10-06T04:25:43.198019 text/html text/html 256395 2025-07-05T13:35:13.659181 application/epub+zip 262575 2025-07-05T13:35:08.667753 application/epub+zip 241267 2025-07-05T13:35:07.470748 application/epub+zip 502706 2025-07-05T13:35:17.730173 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 458935 2025-07-05T13:35:12.912208 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 419985 2022-09-06T19:13:58.196785 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 426001 2025-07-05T13:35:05.151769 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 406196 2024-10-28T19:15:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18133 2025-07-05T13:35:17.983160 application/rdf+xml 16539 2025-07-05T13:35:08.001763 image/jpeg 4038 2025-07-05T13:35:07.755714 image/jpeg 251463 2025-07-05T13:35:05.570739 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia