{"product_id":"hard-times-a-novel-of-liberals-and-radicals-in-1860s-russia-9780822964223","title":"Hard Times: A Novel of Liberals and Radicals in 1860s Russia","description":"Vasily Sleptsov was a Russian social activist and writer during the politically charged 1860s, known as the \"era of great reforms,\" and marked by Alexander II's emancipation of the serfs and the relaxation lifting of censorship. Popular in his day, Sleptsov's contemporaries Leo Tolstoy and Anton Chekhov praised his writing:, with Chekhov once remarkeding, \"Sleptsov taught me, better than most, to understand the Russian \u003ci\u003eintelligent\u003c\/i\u003e, and my own self as well.\" \u003cbr\u003e The novella \u003ci\u003eHard Times\u003c\/i\u003e is considered Sleptsov's most important work\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e It focused popular attention on the radical and liberal movements through its fictional setting, where the characters contend with constantly evolving political and social dilemmas. \u003ci\u003eHard Times\u003c\/i\u003e was immediately recognized as a vibrant and compelling depiction of prerevolutionary Russian intellectual society, full of lively debates about the possibilities of liberal reform or radical revolution that questioned the viability of a political system facing massive social problems.\u003cbr\u003e This is the first English-language version of \u003ci\u003eHard Times, \u003c\/i\u003e expertly and fluidly translated by Michael Katz. Highly readable, it provides important historical insights on the political and social climate of a volatile and transformative period in Russia history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11617721\"\u003eVasily Sleptsov\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/26\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822964223\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822964228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC037000\"\u003ePolitical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC014000\"\u003eHistorical | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVasily Sleptsov\u003c\/b\u003e (1836-1878) wrote fiction for several magazines, including \u003ci\u003eAnnals of the Fatherland, Russian Speech\u003c\/i\u003e, and the\u003ci\u003e Contemporary\u003c\/i\u003e, where he published his novella \u003ci\u003eHard Times\u003c\/i\u003e in 1865. He went on to found the magazine the\u003ci\u003e Women's Herald, \u003c\/i\u003e establish the Znamenskaya commune for women, and become an activist for women's equality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael R. Katz\u003c\/b\u003e is C.V. Starr Professor Emeritus at Middlebury College. He is the author of two monographs and is a renowned translator of Russian literature, and who has published English versions of Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Turgenev, and Chekhov. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam C. Brumfield\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of Slavic languages at Tulane University and has published extensively on mid-19th century Russian literature, with a special emphasis on Vasily Sleptsov.","brand":"University of Pittsburgh Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42660072390893,"sku":"9780822964223","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_4052deb9-c65a-4e21-a48d-616882567786.jpg?v=1649347379","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/hard-times-a-novel-of-liberals-and-radicals-in-1860s-russia-9780822964223","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}