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Under Western Eyes

Under Western Eyes

Acclaimed as one of Conrad's finest literary achievements, this gripping novel deftly depicts the political turmoil of nineteenth-century Russia and follows the dramatic developments in the life of a student, Razumov, as he prepares for a career in the czarist bureaucracy.
In a plot that twists and turns, Razumov unwittingly becomes embroiled in a revolutionary conspiracy when he gives refuge to a fellow student who assassinated a public official. Increasingly enmeshed in the radical's political intrigue, he betrays the anarchist who had placed blind faith in him. The authorities then dispatch Razumov on a mission to spy on the revolutionary's sister and mother.
A fascinating character study, Under Western Eyes hauntingly reveals Razumov's preoccupation with questions of decency and accountability when confronted by the equally powerful values of human integrity and moral strength.

Unabridged republication of the original (1920) text.
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Acclaimed as one of Conrad's finest literary achievements, this gripping novel deftly depicts the political turmoil of nineteenth-century Russia and follows the dramatic developments in the life of a student, Razumov, as he prepares for a career in the czarist bureaucracy.
In a plot that twists and turns, Razumov unwittingly becomes embroiled in a revolutionary conspiracy when he gives refuge to a fellow student who assassinated a public official. Increasingly enmeshed in the radical's political intrigue, he betrays the anarchist who had placed blind faith in him. The authorities then dispatch Razumov on a mission to spy on the revolutionary's sister and mother.
A fascinating character study, Under Western Eyes hauntingly reveals Razumov's preoccupation with questions of decency and accountability when confronted by the equally powerful values of human integrity and moral strength.

Unabridged republication of the original (1920) text.
russian revolutionary;russian revolution;western eyes;russian student;social parasite;russian greats;today's russia;expat russians;questions followed;english narrator;endless conflict;continual theme;ideas underlying;russian political;failed revolution;champagne bottle;revolutionary ideals;low levels;russian emigres;russian soul;pre-revolutionary russia;language teacher;russian character;revolutionary movement;violent revolution;purely utopian;pretentious intellectual;czarist russia;tsarist russia;bolshevik revolution;lukewarm reception;autocratic rule;revolutionary fervor;university student;fellow student;double agent;secret agent;central character;vyacheslav;tekla;revolutionism;broadview;1917;dostoevski;vikings;razumov;revolutionists;conradian;nostromo;autocracy;raskolnikov;silences;prescience;1911;uncomprehending;dostoevsky;petersburg;anarchist;betrays;tyrannical;repression;detachment;assassinated;englishman;exile;conscience;assassination;punishment;peter ivanovitch;vladimir nabokov;henry james;switzerland;russian;ukraine;moscow;geneva;england;st petersburg;books on russian revolutions;books on champagne bottles;books on russian students;books on english narrators;books on endless conflicts;books on russian revolutionaries;books on revolutionary movements;books on social parasites;books on low levels;books on today 's russias;books on revolutionary ideals;books on russian greats;books on language teachers;books on russian souls;books on western eyes

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