Dvorianskoe gnezdo

A novel, known in English as A House of Gentlefolk or Liza. Lavretsky, a landowner, returns to Russia after years abroad and a failed marriage. In a provincial town he meets Liza, a serious and deeply devout young woman, and the two grow close. Their feelings are shadowed by his past and by the demands of conscience. The book is a gentle, melancholy reflection on love, duty and the fading life of the old Russian gentry, and it is among Turgenev's most loved works.