When 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, Zinaida. But the capricious young woman already has many admirers and as she plays her suitors against each other, Vladimir's unrequited youthful passion soon turns to torment and despair - although he remains unaware of his true rival for Zinaida's affections. Set in the world of nineteenth-century Russia's fading aristocracy, Turgenev's story depicts a boy's growth of knowledge and mastery over his own heart as he awakens to the complex nature of adult love.
| ISBN: | 9780140443356 |
| Publication date: | 30th November 1978 |
| Author: | Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 112 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary Fiction in translation |
When 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, Zinaida. But the capricious young woman already has many admirers and as she plays her suitors against each other, Vladimir's unrequited youthful passion soon turns to torment and despair - although he remains unaware of his true rival for Zinaida's affections. Set in the world of nineteenth-century Russia's fading aristocracy, Turgenev's story depicts a boy's growth of knowledge and mastery over his own heart as he awakens to the complex nature of adult love.
First Love features in the following genres: Classic fiction: general and literary, Fiction in translation
First Love is available in Paperback
First Love was written by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev and published by Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
First Love has 112 pages
Yes it is part of Penguin Classics series
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