Noble House (World Literature Library)

Author: Tu Lunef
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Publish Date: 2000-09-01
Features: This book portrays the image of a mediocre intellectual in the 1840s. The protagonist is a young man from an old Russian noble family, who emigrates abroad after marriage. Due to his wife's infidelity, he becomes deeply disillusioned with love and plans to return to his homeland to achieve something. Upon returning, he falls in love with a beautiful, innocent, and kind girl, and the joy of being with her dispels years of accumulated burdens in his heart. Just as love rekindles his hope for life, his wife returns, and everything becomes a fleeting illusion.