The Land of All

The return to Russia of the legendary novel!
A story full of unrestrained passions, intrigue, tender love, and bloody jealousy about the mysterious and seductive conqueror of men's hearts.
The novel had around fifty editions in the author’s lifetime and was first... published in Russia in 1924, forever captivating the public.
"Men killed each other for her, women cried, and I endured terrible torment!"
The beginning of the 20th century. The Marquise de Torrebianque, "the beautiful Helena", by fate's will, is forced to move from Paris to Argentina with her husband, who was caught in financial machinations. Accustomed to high-society balls, walks in the Bois de Boulogne, and the latest and most expensive fashion novelties from French designers, she is shocked by the life of a backwater settlement at the edge of the world. But even those who are forced to live in this "bear corner" are shocked by the appearance of the green-eyed socialite. Men driven mad by passion try to outdo each other for the right to win the favor of the dazzling marquise. A duel between two admirers of the treacherous seductress turns deadly; families and fortunes crumble; under mysterious circumstances, Helena's husband disappears, and his body is pulled from the river...
Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867-1928) was a leading Spanish writer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The novel gained special popularity due to its film adaptation, in which Greta Garbo played the role of Helena. Thanks to this role, the Snow Queen from Sweden achieved fantastic success and the persona of a femme fatale, a fatal woman, a vamp.
The book contains the unadapted text of the novel.