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Isaiah Berlin's translation of the legendary Russian novella of growing up and heartbreak

Vladimir Petrovich Voldemar, a 16-year-old, is staying in the country with his family and meets Zinaida Alexandrovna Zasyekina, a beautiful 21-year-old woman, staying with her mother, Princess Zasyekina, in a wing of the manor. This family, as with many of the Russian minor nobility... Read Full Overview

"The great thing is to lead a normal life, and not be the slave of your passions. What do you get if not?"

Ce r cit est en partie un roman autobiographique. Entre maints d tails personnels, Tourgueniev y laisse par exemple entendre que son p re aurait pous sa m re par int r t, cette derni re tant en effet une riche h riti re. Au d but de l' t 1833, Vladimir Petrovitch, g alors... Read Full Overview

Vladimir Petrovich Voldemar, a 16-year-old, is staying in the country with his family and meets Zinaida Alexandrovna Zasyekina, a beautiful 21-year-old woman, staying with her mother, Princess Zasyekina, in a wing of the manor. This family, as with many of the Russian minor... Read Full Overview

First published in 1860, 'First Love' is a novella by Ivan Turgenev, a Russian novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, translator, and popularizer of Russian literature in the West. Some criticized its light subject matter that did not touch upon any of the pressing... Read Full Overview

Contempor neo de Flaubert, con quien mantuvo una buena amistad, y de figuras como G gol, Dostoyevski y Tolstoi, Ivan Turguenev (1818-1883) es otra de las cimas de la fecunda literatura rusa del siglo xix. Si en novelas como En v speras (L 5670) o Padres e hijos dej patente su... Read Full Overview

И. С. Тургенев - имя уникальное даже в золотой плеяде... Read Full Overview

Instead of memorizing vocabulary words, work your way through an actual well-written novel. Even novices can follow along as each individual English paragraph is paired with the corresponding Russian paragraph. It won't be an easy project, but you'll learn a lot.

Isaiah Berlin's translation of the legendary Russian novella of growing up and heartbreakWhen the down-at-heel Princess Zasyekin moves next door to the country estate of Vladimir Petrovich's parents, he instantly and overwhelmingly falls in love with his new neighbour's daughter,... Read Full Overview

Iv n Sergueievich Turgueniev (1818-1883). Escritor ruso. Representa el comienzo del cambio de la narrativa rusa contempor nea. Los recursos narrativos que domina y que est n presentes en los retratos paisaj sticos de su obra son acogidos por otros autores rusos como Alexander... Read Full Overview

This vivid, sensitive tale of adolescent love follows a 16-year-old boy who falls in love with a beautiful, older woman and experiences a whirlwind of changing emotions, from exaltation and jealousy to despair and devotion. This beautifully packaged series of classic novellas... Read Full Overview