A Month in the Country (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Ivan Turgenev
- First Published: 1855
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: 1840’s
- Setting: Russia
- Principal Characters: Arkady Islayev, Natalya (Natasha), Kolya, Vera, Lizaveta, Rakitin, Belyayev, Shpigelsky
- Genres: Realism, Satire, Drama, Psychological drama, Comedy
- Subjects: Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Friendship, Doctors, Reality, Card games, Russia or Russian people
- Locales: Russia
The Story:
In her drawing room, Natalya, a twenty-nine-year-old wife and mother, was talking confidentially to her good friend Rakitin. She admitted that her husband Islayev had one fault: He went into things too enthusiastically. He was with his workmen constantly, and he himself demonstrated how they should do their work. Her complaint ended, she bade Rakitin to go on reading to her. She really had no interest in the book, but it was being discussed by her friends.
It was read aloud in the big room, where a card game was in progress. Schaaf, the German tutor, had been...
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