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The Europeans: Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Culture Capa comum – 9 abril 2020

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'Magnificent. Beautifully written, immaculately researched and thoroughly absorbing from start to finish. A tour de force that explains how Europe's cultural life transformed during the course of the 19th century - and so much more' Peter Frankopan

From the bestselling author of Natasha's Dance, The Europeans is richly enthralling, panoramic cultural history of nineteenth-century Europe, told through the intertwined lives of three remarkable people: a great singer, Pauline Viardot, a great writer, Ivan Turgenev, and a great connoisseur, Pauline's husband Louis.

Their passionate, ambitious lives were bound up with an astonishing array of writers, composers and painters all trying to make their way through the exciting, prosperous and genuinely pan-European culture that came about as a result of huge economic and technological change. This culture - through trains, telegraphs and printing - allowed artists of all kinds to exchange ideas and make a living, shuttling back and forth across the whole continent from the British Isles to Imperial Russia, as they exploited a new cosmopolitan age.

The Europeans is Orlando Figes' masterpiece. Surprising, beautifully written, it describes huge changes through intimate details, little-known stories and through the lens of Turgenev and the Viardots' touching, strange love triangle. Events which we now see as central to European high culture are made completely fresh, allowing the reader to revel in the sheer precariousness with which the great salons, premieres and bestsellers came into existence.

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From the bestselling author of Natasha's Dance, The Europeans is richly enthralling, panoramic cultural history of nineteenth-century Europe, told through the intertwined lives of three remarkable people: a great singer, Pauline Viardot, a great writer, Ivan Turgenev, and a great connoisseur, Pauline's husband Louis.

Their passionate, ambitious lives were bound up with an astonishing array of writers, composers and painters all trying to make their way through the exciting, prosperous and genuinely pan-European culture that came about as a result of huge economic and technological change. This culture - through trains, telegraphs and printing - allowed artists of all kinds to exchange ideas and make a living, shuttling back and forth across the whole continent from the British Isles to Imperial Russia, as they exploited a new cosmopolitan age.

The Europeans is Orlando Figes' masterpiece. Surprising, beautifully written, it describes huge changes through intimate details, little-known stories and through the lens of Turgenev and the Viardots' touching, strange love triangle. Events which we now see as central to European high culture are made completely fresh, allowing the reader to revel in the sheer precariousness with which the great salons, premieres and bestsellers came into existence.

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Orlando Figes is Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the author of Peasant Russia, Civil War, A People's Tragedy, Natasha's Dance, The Whisperers and Just Send Me Word. His books have been translated into over thirty languages.

Número de páginas

576 páginas
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Inglês
Editora

Penguin Books Ltd
Data da publicação

9 abril 2020
Dimensões

21.6 x 13.8 x 2.77 cm
ISBN-10

0141979437
ISBN-13

978-0141979434
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Editora ‏ : ‎ Penguin Books Ltd; 1ª edição (9 abril 2020)
Idioma ‏ : ‎ Inglês
Capa comum ‏ : ‎ 576 páginas
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0141979437
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0141979434
Dimensões ‏ : ‎ 21.6 x 13.8 x 2.77 cm

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Carrah C.

Cogent, lively history

Avaliado nos Estados Unidos em 3 de setembro de 2023

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I love to sing out the praises of an author or a book and I am especially eager to lavish attention on "The Europeans: Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Culture" by the distinguished historian Orlando Figes. I knew several of his excellent books on Russian history ("Natasha's Dance" and "Revolutionary Russia, 1891-1991") so I looked forward to this book wh weaves 19th century culture around the passionate love Ivan Turgenev, perhaps Russia's greatest writer, felt toward the French diva, the soprano Pauline Viardot. (The third 'European' here is Pauline's older and long-suffering husband, a significant personage and patron of the arts his own right.). Figes writes extremely well. His prose sizzles in "The Europeans." In places, perhaps, Figes treats his readers to more detail than is absolutely necessary but the end result is a rich cultural history in the broadest sense of the word. But I like this book a great, great deal and think any student of either Turgenev or the swirling world of music, social change, of grand personalities—Dickens, Chopin and a host of other cultural 'icons' of the times make their appearance in Figes's pages—will find much to learn about in this highly enjoyable, important book.

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Great writing and in depth research.

Avaliado no Canadá em 2 de julho de 2023

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was introduced to this book while traveling. Needed to finish it at home.

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Vladimir Berezansky

Simply brilliant. Masterful both in conception and execution.

Avaliado no Reino Unido em 29 de outubro de 2023

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When I learned that Figes’ latest offering was released under the title ‘The Europeans,’ my thoughts ran to the Henry James novel of the same name. Perhaps not coincidentally, Figes relates Henry James’ deep respect for Ivan Turgenev’s novels in his latest publication.
Indeed, Turgenev is one of three protagonists that hold this otherwise ungainly collection of histories together. I indicate ‘histories’ because ‘The Europeans’ comprises, in slightly less than 500 pages, separate – albeit intertwined – histories of the growth of railways in nineteenth century Europe; the fine arts, especially Impressionism; European literature; and classical music, with emphasis on opera.
His unsurpassed familiarity with Russian history imbues this tour d’horizon of 19th century European culture with a most welcome East-West balance of purview. Indeed, I’ve come to think of this latest of Figes’ impressive output as a fitting counterweight to ‘Natasha’s Dance,’ his detailed yet highly readable introduction to Russian culture.
I was already a huge fan of Orlando Figes, but ‘The Europeans’ surpasses even his exacting standards.

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Libro di straordinaria cultura

Avaliado na Itália em 22 de setembro de 2023

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Saggio storico di straordinaria cultura e molto ben scritto. Illustra la storia della letteratura e delle arti in Russia dal primo Ottocento agli anni '60 del Novecento, evidenziando il complesso rapporto tra Russia e Europa occidentale

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A wonderful Range of fascinating detailed information

Avaliado na Alemanha em 1 de maio de 2023

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Unique scope and Knowledge…masterly and endlessly informative

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