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Turgenev’s mother, a rich landowner who successfully run numerous businesses and owned hundreds of people in the 19th century Russia, was a complicated character. She must have been severely abused in childhood at the very least to grow into a despot. ‘Theres no worse master than a former slave.’

‘The way he saw it, living taught you that you didn’t have to live the way you’ve been taught to live. He came from one place but more important was where you decided to go.’ p10

A sudden ‘Mrs.Bennet moment’: When Prince Genji got exiled and arrived in a small town he was to spend three years at, the local governor said to his wife “I confess I’m delighted to hear it. What a splendid opportunity for our girl.”