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First Love

By: Ivan Turgenev
Narrated by: David Troughton
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At the end of a dinner party, the remaining guests drink wine and tell stories of their first love. For one of them, it will be a dark journey into his past, reawakening unbearable memories of his obsession with the beautiful Zinaida.©2008 BBC Audiobooks Ltd (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Literary Fiction Heartfelt Classics Fiction Genre Fiction
Wistful Romance • Compelling Emotions • Superb Narration • Masterful Writing • Universal Themes • Psychological Depth

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A story of a man’s first love in the childhood of his teenage years at a summerhouse. Turgenev masterfully brings to light youthful love, with all its longings, grief, confusions, and resilience. Tragedy marks almost every page, but redemption follows.

A Story of First Love

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Turgenev gives a true account of young love versus selfless love. The writing of this novella is flawless and the narration is a pleasure.

A heart felt story about true meaning of love

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Stirring up old memories of love and innocence. Superbly written. Worth listening to time and time again.

Beautiful

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Deftly performed story of a young man’s first love in the beautiful words of Ivan Turgenev. This was a perfect shortish listen on one of those sleepless nights, and now I’m looking for more Turgenev on Audible.

For lovers of great Russian lit

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This story is not very long and contains few surprises, maybe none if you're especially quick to pick up on hints, but it's wistful and tragic and very romantic and if you're in the mood for that kind of thing then it's just right.

A man tells a sad true story to his friends.

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