{"product_id":"prologue-nikolai-chernyshevsky-9780810111806","title":"Prologue: A Novel for the Beginning of the 1860's","description":"Nikolai Chernyshevsky (1828-89) is most famous as the author of \u003ci\u003eWhat is To Be Done?\u003c\/i\u003e (1863), one of the most inspirational texts in the Russian revolutionary movement. But during his long and lonely Siberian exile Chernyshevsky wrote \u003ci\u003ePrologue, \u003c\/i\u003ean novel of extraordinary interest for anyone eager to understand the course of Russian history and the political debate over democratization taking place in Russia today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in Petersburg in 1857, on the eve of the great reforms that would include the emancipation of the serfs, \u003ci\u003ePrologue\u003c\/i\u003e expresses the author's hostility toward Russian liberals, their halfhearted attempts to alleviate the sufferings of peasants, and their insufficient support of revolution, while also exploring the obstacles in the path of women's social and personal development in the Victorian era. Michael R. Katz's new translation makes this singular work available to the non-Russian reading public for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nikolai Chernyshevsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810111802\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810111806\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwestern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/16\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 359\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.10d","brand":"Nikolai Chernyshevsky","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48447784517887,"sku":"9780810111806","price":74.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aab9b07d-3c24-4aec-ba39-920994a5769f.jpg?v=1777234791","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/prologue-nikolai-chernyshevsky-9780810111806","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}