Virgin Soil
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"Virgin Soil" by Ivan Turgenev is a novel published in 1877. This final and most ambitious work follows young Russian idealists in the late 1860s and early 1870s who abandon privileged lives to join the Populist movement and live among peasants and workers. The story centers on Nezhdanov, an aristocrat's illegitimate son working as a tutor, who seeks to radicalize the peasantry while becoming entangled with Marianna. Turgenev portrays these revolutionaries as well-meaning individuals pursuing a path he believed destined to fail.
This one is part of the wider library — I haven't written a personal review for it yet. It's the same deal as every book here: a clean, complete, Kindle-ready edition for $2.97. The hand-picked shelf has the ones I've reviewed in full.
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Why is Virgin Soil only $2.97?
The book is in the public domain, so the story itself is free to everyone. You're paying for a carefully typeset, proofread edition that looks right on modern readers — and for the curation of picking books actually worth your time.
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