“It is difficult to say, starting an analysis of Mr. Turgenev’s new work, which is more worthy of attention: whether it itself with all its merits, or the extraordinary success that met it in all layers of our society. In any case, it is worth seriously thinking about the reasons for that unique sympathy and approval, that delight and passion that were caused by the appearance of the “Noble Nest”. On the author's new novel, people of opposite parties agreed on one common verdict; representatives of disparate systems and views shook hands with each other and expressed the same opinion. The novel was a signal of widespread reconciliation..."