{"product_id":"a-russian-gentleman-folio-society-431","title":"A Russian Gentleman","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Russian Gentleman by Serghei Aksakov. Translated and introduced by J.D.Duff. Nine leaves of two-colour lithographs by Jane Johnson. Bound in grey open-weave cloth over pale orange boards, black leather spine-label. Dark purple endleaves. Orange-brown slipcase. 22.8x14 cm. 240 pp\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSergei Aksakov's A Russian Gentleman is a memoir of family life among the provincial Russian gentry at the turn of the nineteenth century. Reconstructing the world of his grandparents and parents, Aksakov describes estates, marriages, domestic conflicts, servants, travel and the rhythms of rural life. Rich in character and social observation, the book preserves a detailed portrait of a vanished aristocratic culture before the great changes of nineteenth-century Russia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Folio Vault","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":55216416817491,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":55421117301075,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/thefoliovault.com\/products\/a-russian-gentleman-folio-society-431","provider":"Folio Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}