{"product_id":"on-the-eve","title":"On the Eve","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eOn the Eve\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003etranslator Ivan Turgenev, Moura Budberg\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eThe Cresset Press, London\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1950\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e218\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatalogs: \u003c\/b\u003eLiterature, Novels, Russia\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription: \u003c\/b\u003eOriginal blue buckram cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine and front board. No dust-jacket. Front board is creased slightly at top edge, and corners are bumped. Gilt is rubbed at spine. Erased pencil on flyleaf. Pages are tanned but unmarked. Slight exposure of binding mesh at center joint. This edition was translated by Moura Budberg. The story revolves around Elena Stakhova, a girl with a hypochondriac mother and an idle father. On the eve of the Crimean War, Elena is pursued by a free-spirited sculptor and a serious-minded student. But when the student's revolutionary Bulgarian friend, Dmitri Insarov, meets Elena, they fall in love. Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883) was a was a Russian novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, translator and popularizer of Russian literature in the West. Hardcover, good condition. 218 pages, octavo.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"The Cresset Press, London","offers":[{"title":"On the Eve | translator Ivan Turgenev, Moura Budberg | Hardcover | 10000226 | Used: Good | Vintage Room N 1699388","offer_id":48165381537944,"sku":"1699388","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/1699388.jpg?v=1771921568","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/on-the-eve","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}