'but at that point my attention was arrested by the appearance of a speckled woodpecker who busily climbed up the slender stem of a birch-tree and peeped out uneasily from behind it, first to the right, then to the left, like a musician behind the bass-viol.' (Summary by Martin Geeson)įor further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats or languages (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.įor more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit . From the great Russian author Ivan Turgenev comes this 3-hour long novella entitled First Love. Even the nature symbolism is rescued from triteness by lovely poetic similes - e.g. First Love is given its originality and poignancy by Turgenev's mastery of the piercing turning-point (akin to Joyce's 'epiphanies') that transforms the character's whole being, making a tragic outcome inevitable.

The 'boy-meets-girl-then-loses-her' story is universal but not, I think, banal - despite a surprise ending which notoriously turns out to be very little of a surprise. Vladimirs love for Zinaida triggers such a transformation, changing him from a nave, idealistic young boy to a man. Love in Turgenevs novella First Love is treated like some brief summer whirlwind or storm that sweeps through his people and transforms them. The title of the novella is almost an adequate summary in itself. Ivan Turgenev 'First Love': The Analysis of The Romantic Line. The central theme of the work raises the debate between rational and. Vladimir is a young teenager from Moscow who falls in love with a new neighbor of his summer residence: Princess Zinada Aleksndrovna. It is one of his most popular pieces of short fiction. First Love by Ivan Turgenev: 9780140443356 : Books Isaiah Berlins translation of the legendary Russian novella of growing up and heartbreak When the down-at-heel Princess Zasyekin moves next door to the. The book tells us about the love experience of Vladimir Petrovich. First Love is a novella by Ivan Turgenev, first published in 1860. LibriVox recording of First Love, by Ivan Turgenev, translated by Constance Garnett. First Love is a novella written by Ivan Turgenev and published in 1860.

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