"The Cliff" is one of the three famous works by the famous Russian writer Goncharov. It took the author 20 years from conception to completion. The novel reflects the social life and social changes in Russia from the 1840s to the 1960s by describing the love and spiritual pursuits of Russian aristocratic young men and women.
In the story, the aristocratic young man Reisky is smart and loves art, but he has no will to persevere. From Petersburg he came to Malinovka, a manor on the edge of a cliff, where his two beautiful cousins lived. Raisky first fell in love with the innocent and lively Malfinka, but Malfinka fell in love with the young Vikendiyev. So he fell in love with his eldest cousin Vera. Vera was cold, charming and pursuing freedom, but she only regarded him as her brother and best friend. She fell in love with Mark, a wild and uninhibited exile who was full of new ideas. But later I discovered that I and Mark QC had different views on love and thoughts, and all Mark's thoughts were fantasy. With the help of her grandmother and Laisky, she stepped back from the brink and chose Tushen, the forest farm owner. Laisky went abroad to study sculpture, wandered in art palaces, and was sublimated physically and mentally. However, he always felt the call of his relatives in his hometown and was determined to return home.
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