Chto Delat? [What is to be Done?]
by CHERNYSHEVSKY [TCHERNICHEFSKY], Nikolai
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St. Petersburg, 1905. Second Edition. contemporary boards. Very good. The most influential Russian novel ever written
CHERNYSHEVSKY [TCHERNICHEFSKY]. Chto Delat? [What is to be Done?], St. Petersburg, 1905. 1 leaf + TP + [3] - 456 + 1 leaf. Octavo.
The second edition of the first book edition, published the same year, of the most influential Russian novel ever written. Chernyshevsky's magnum opus is considered the single most important work of modern revolutionary thought. "[N]o work in modern literature, with the possible exception of Uncle Tom's Cabin, can compete with "What Is to Be Done?" in its effect on human lives and its power to make history. For Chernyshevsky's novel far more than Marx's Capital, supplied the emotional dynamic that eventually went to make the Russian Revolution" (Joseph Frank).
Chernyshevsky wrote the story of Vera Pavlovna, a love story (as identified in his own preface) to redeem the reputation of the new intellectuals. The character of Bazarov, in Turgenevs Fathers and Sons, soiled the reputation of the new intellectuals, presenting them as nihilistic. Chernyshevsky rejected this characterization as he asserted a vision of society that embraced the scientific materialism, rational egoism, utilitarianism, and positivism of the time. Later, Dostoevsky would reject Chernyshevskys philosophical vision in his Notes from Underground and Crime and Punishment.
CONDITION: Very good in contemporary quarter leather with cloth covered boards, gilt lettering to spine. Moderate staining to covers and spine. Pages brittle as usual, but clean and free of markings.
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CHERNYSHEVSKY [TCHERNICHEFSKY]. Chto Delat? [What is to be Done?], St. Petersburg, 1905. 1 leaf + TP + [3] - 456 + 1 leaf. Octavo.
The second edition of the first book edition, published the same year, of the most influential Russian novel ever written. Chernyshevsky's magnum opus is considered the single most important work of modern revolutionary thought. "[N]o work in modern literature, with the possible exception of Uncle Tom's Cabin, can compete with "What Is to Be Done?" in its effect on human lives and its power to make history. For Chernyshevsky's novel far more than Marx's Capital, supplied the emotional dynamic that eventually went to make the Russian Revolution" (Joseph Frank).
Chernyshevsky wrote the story of Vera Pavlovna, a love story (as identified in his own preface) to redeem the reputation of the new intellectuals. The character of Bazarov, in Turgenevs Fathers and Sons, soiled the reputation of the new intellectuals, presenting them as nihilistic. Chernyshevsky rejected this characterization as he asserted a vision of society that embraced the scientific materialism, rational egoism, utilitarianism, and positivism of the time. Later, Dostoevsky would reject Chernyshevskys philosophical vision in his Notes from Underground and Crime and Punishment.
CONDITION: Very good in contemporary quarter leather with cloth covered boards, gilt lettering to spine. Moderate staining to covers and spine. Pages brittle as usual, but clean and free of markings.
PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Chto Delat? [What is to be Done?]
- Author
- CHERNYSHEVSKY [TCHERNICHEFSKY], Nikolai
- Format/Binding
- Contemporary boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- St. Petersburg
- Date Published
- 1905
- Keywords
- Russian Literature, Dostoevsky, Chernyshevsky, Soviet Union, Philosophy, Positivism, Rational Egoism
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