Liza; Or, "A Nest of Nobles"

"Liza; Or, 'A Nest of Nobles'" by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev is a story set in 19th-century Russia, focusing on Liza Kalitina's journey through love, family pressures, and societal expectations within the Russian aristocracy. The novel starts with Maria Dmitrievna Kalitina, a widow, and her aunt, Marfa Timofeevna, discussing respectability and morality when Sergius Petrovich Gedeonovsky arrives with word of Fedor Ivanovich Lavretsky, a man whose past raises eyebrows. The story unfolds by investigating love, morality, human relationships, and society's winds of change.