This edition features I. S. Turgenev's novel 'A Nest of the Gentry' (1858). It poses with tragic poignancy the question of the human right to personal happiness. 'A Nest of the Gentry' is the story of the failed love of a hero, a strong-willed, much-endured man, the last representative of an ancient noble family, his dashed hopes, and his noble resignation to fate.