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First love, and other stories / Ivan Turgenev ; translated by Isaiah Berlin and Leonard Schapiro ; introduced by V.S. Pritcett.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Original language: Russian Series: Everyman's libraryPublication details: London : Distributed by Random House, 1994.Description: xxxvii, 253 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9781857151916 (hbk)
Uniform titles:
  • Short stories. Selections. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 891.73 20
Summary: "This volume contains two of the world's great love stories - FIRST LOVE, and SPRING TORRENTS, which show Turgenev at his very best. Simple, direct and tender, they record the pains and glories of youthful infatuation in a style which evokes exactly and in detail what it is like to be young and in love. In addition, there is a third, much shorter story, A FIRE AT SEA, translated by Isaiah Berlin, and an introduction to the whole volume by V. S. Pritchett." - Copac
List(s) this item appears in: Everyman's Library Classics
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Includes bibliographical references (p. xxvii).

"This volume contains two of the world's great love stories - FIRST LOVE, and SPRING TORRENTS, which show Turgenev at his very best. Simple, direct and tender, they record the pains and glories of youthful infatuation in a style which evokes exactly and in detail what it is like to be young and in love. In addition, there is a third, much shorter story, A FIRE AT SEA, translated by Isaiah Berlin, and an introduction to the whole volume by V. S. Pritchett." - Copac

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