A Nobleman's Nest
Translated by Isabel Florence Hapgood
"A Nobleman's Nest" by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev is a novel published in 1859. Fyodor Lavretsky returns to his Russian estate after discovering his wife's betrayal in Paris. There, he falls in love with his cousin's daughter, Liza, a devoutly religious young woman. When news arrives that his wife has died, they confess their feelings for each other. But fate intervenes, forcing both to confront impossible choices between love, duty, and personal redemption in nineteenth-century Russian society.
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