First Love

2 hrs. 54 min.

Classics

Language Russian

Author Ivan Turgenev

Narrator Rostislav Partsevsky

Description

Sixteen-year-old Vladimir experiences for the first time a feeling that can overturn his familiar reality. Dazzling and mysterious Zinaida captures his imagination, and ordinary summer days become filled with anticipation, anxiety, and unexpected discoveries. But along with youthful exhilaration comes the realization that life is far more complicated than it seems at the very beginning.

“First Love” is one of Ivan Turgenev’s most famous novellas, inspired by episodes from his own biography. It is a subtle, piercing story of coming of age, where, with rare psychological precision, the first intense feelings, dreams, and inevitable disappointments are portrayed. A story that—decades later—still retains its sincerity and emotional power.

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