First published 2013
In the idyllic Russian countryside, the wealthy Lavretzky returns home to his family's estate. But his quiet life is upended by the arrival of his cultured, wilful niece, who ignites a tangled web of affection and heartbreak among the landed gentry. As passions flare and loyalties are tested, Lavretzky must choose between love and duty, freedom and obligation.
Genres: fiction, romance, literary-fiction, historical-fiction, 19th-century
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, intimate
Tropes: duty-vs-freedom, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Russia
Period: 19th-Century
120 pages · Paperback · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform