The Village by Ivan Alekseevich Bunin

"The Village" by Ivan Alekseevich Bunin is a short novel written in 1909 and first published in 1910. Set during the 1905 Revolution in rural Russia, it follows two peasant brothers—one a brutal drunk, the other more gentle and sympathetic. Bunin's unflinching portrayal of country life sparked immediate controversy by challenging the idealized image of Russian peasants common in literature of the time. Maxim Gorky praised it highly, calling it a work that would force Russian society to think seriously about the nation's future. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Bunin, Ivan Alekseevich, 1870-1953
Translator Hapgood, Isabel Florence, 1850-1928
Title The Village
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Village_(Bunin_novel)
Note Translation of Derevnia.
Credits Produced by Tim Lindell, David E. Brown, and the Online
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 79.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PG: Language and Literatures: Slavic (including Russian), Languages and Literature
Subject Russia -- Fiction
Subject Brothers -- Fiction
Subject Peasants -- Russia -- Fiction
Subject Russia -- History -- Revolution, 1905-1907 -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 59981
Release Date
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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