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1、HomeoftheGentryTurgenev,IvanSergeyevichPublished:1859Type(s):NovelsSource:http://gutenberg.org1AboutTurgenev:IvanSergeyevichTurgenev(November9[O.S.October28]1818–September3[O.S.August22]1883)wasamajorRussiannovelistandplaywright.HisnovelFathersandSonsisregardedasamajorworkof19th-centuryfiction.S
2、ource:Wikipedia2Chapter1Abrightspringdaywasfadingintoevening.Highoverheadintheclearheavenssmallrosycloudsseemedhardlytomoveacrosstheskybuttobesinkingintoitsdepthsofblue.InahandsomehouseinoneoftheoutlyingstreetsofthegovernmenttownofO——(itwasintheyear1842)twowomenweresittingatanopenwindow;onewasab
3、outfifty,theotheranoldladyofseventy.ThenameoftheformerwasMaryaDmitrievnaKalitin.Herhusband,ashrewddeterminedmanofobstinatebilioustemperament,hadbeendeadfortenyears.Hehadbeenaprovincialpublicprosecutor,notedinhisowndayasasuccessfulmanofbusiness.Hehadreceivedafairedu-cationandhadbeentotheuniversit
4、y;buthavingbeenborninnarrowcircumstancesherealizedearlyinlifethenecessityofpushinghisownwayintheworldandmakingmoney.Ithadbeenalove-matchonMaryaDmitrievna'sside.Hewasnotbad-looking,wascleverandcouldbeveryagreeablewhenhechose.MaryaDmitrievnaPesto—thatwashermaid-enname—hadlostherparentsinchildhood.
5、Shespentsomeyearsinaboarding-schoolinMoscow,andafterleavingschool,livedonthefamilyestateofPokrovskoe,aboutfortymilesfromO——,withherauntandherelderbrother.ThisbrothersoonafterobtainedapostinPetersburg,andmadethemascantyallowance.Hetreatedhisauntandsisterveryshabbilytillhissuddendeathcutshorthisca
6、reer.MaryaDmitrievnain-heritedPokrovskoe,butshedidnotlivetherelong.TwoyearsafterhermarriagewithKalitin,whosucceededinwinningherheartinafewdays,Pokrovskoewasexchangedforanotherestate,whichyieldedamuchlargerincome,butwasutterlyunattractiveandhadnohouse.AtthesametimeKalitintookahouseinthetownofO——,
7、inwhichheandhiswifetookuptheirpermanentabode.Therewasalargegardenroundthehouse,whichononesidelookedoutupontheopencountryawayfromthetown."Andso,"decidedKalitin,whohadagreatdistasteforthequietofcountrylife,"therewouldbenoneedf
