First Love

Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818–1883) — a renowned Russian realist writer, publicist, translator, poet, and playwright, who gained recognition worldwide. One of the classics of Russian literature, he influenced its development in the second half of the 19th century. He was a corresponding member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, an honorary doctor of Oxford University, and an honorary member of Moscow University. First love, destructive, irrational passion, the confrontation of virtue and vice, and other vicissitudes of feelings collide in the sensitive souls of Turgenev's heroes and stand in equal strength with historical events: “First love — is the same as a revolution: the monotonous and orderly structure of established life is shattered and destroyed in an instant, youth stands on the barricade, its bright banner soaring high — and whatever awaits it ahead — death or new life — it sends its enthusiastic greeting to all.” This edition includes the novella “First Love,” the play “A Month in the Country,” and prose poems.