Liza - "A nest of nobles"

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Liza, by Ivan Sergeevich TurgenevThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Liza "A nest of nobles"Author: Ivan Sergeevich TurgenevRelease Date: April 29, 2004 [EBook #12194]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LIZA ***Produced by David Starner, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.BY THE SAME AUTHOR.(Leisure Hour Series.)FATHERS AND SONS. SMOKE. LIZA. ON THE EVE. DIMITRI ROUDINE. SPRING FLOODS; LEAR. VIRGIN SOIL. ANNALS OF A SPORTSMAN.LEISURE HOUR SERIESLIZAOR"A NEST OF NOBLES"A NOVELBY IVAN S. TURGÉNIEFFTRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIANBY W.R.S. RALSTON1873DEDICATED TO THE AUTHOR BY HIS FRIEND THE TRANSLATOR.PREFACE.The author of the Dvoryanskoe Gnyezdo, or "Nest of Nobles," of which a translation is now offered to the English readerunder the title of "Liza," is a writer of whom Russia may well be proud.[A] And that, not only because he is a consummateartist,—entitled as he is to take high rank among those of European fame, so accurate is he in his portrayal of character,and so quick to seize and to fix even its most fleeting expression; so vividly does he depict by a few rapid touches theappearance of the figures whom he introduces upon his canvas, the nature of ...