Noble House
by Turgenev
About This Novel
"The Noble House" is Turgenev's "one of the most rigorously structured and perfect works". The novel tells the story of the aristocratic young man Lavretsky who fell in love with the beautiful Varvara, the daughter of a retired major general in Moscow, and married her frivolously. Later, the couple settled in Paris, and Varvara became a "celebrity" in the social circle. Lavretsky left home angrily after discovering his wife's infidelity. After returning to China, he met Lisa and fell in love with each other. This time the newspapers published news of his wife's death, which fueled his hopes for the pursuit of happiness. Not long after he and Lisa trusted each other for life, Varvara suddenly appeared. The news of his death was false. Hopes of happiness vanished, and Lisa entered a convent; Lavretsky did not divorce despite his wife's pleas, and spent the rest of his life alone. Eight years later, when he revisited Lisa's home, things had changed, old friends had passed away one after another, and Lisa was still in the monastery; the younger generation had grown up and moved into the old house. He quietly recalled the past on the bench in the garden where he and Lisa had expressed their feelings to each other, and then left quietly.
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