What is to be Done? (Virago Russian Classics)

Name: What is to be Done? (Virago Russian Classics)
Brand: Virago Press Ltd
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By N.G. Chernyshevskii

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This famous novel, first published in 1863, became the bible for women in Russia in the second half of the last century, when they flocked to the cities to find work, independence and happiness. Vera Pavlovna is a heroine who can no more deny her need for love than her need for work. Her attempts to find satisfying sexual relationships and to organise new collective ways of working were an inspiration to all those unmarried daughters who, like her, were thrown out into the world, expected either to find a rich husband or support themselves. Her dreams of work and freedom, love and pleasure had an enormous influence too on later revolutionaries like Kollontai and Lenin, and throughout its history this funny, hopeful, sensual novel has been an example of how fiction can change people's lives. In this new edition, the more visionary and erotic passages omitted from the original English translation have been restored.

Product details

Number of Pages:

406

Release Date:

1982-11-11

Publication Date:

1982-11-11

Publisher:

Virago Press Ltd

Languages:

Published: English, Original: Russian

ISBN10:

0860683362

Weight:

363 g

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