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First Love

Ivan Turgenev

Start date: June 1, 2024

Finish date: June 30, 2024

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First Love (June)

Should’ve left this for AFTER Perfume
By Ruth · 2 posts · 17 views

last updated Jun 11, 2024 08:44PM

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Apr 19, 2022 Mark rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classic-literature, tbr-2022, tbr-2024

If when you hear the words ‘Russian Literature’ grim deep long works come to mind, Turgenev is an exception. This novella follows the emotional highs lows of a 16 year old boy who discovers he has an entrancing neighbour. The story is simply and sensitively told by my favourite Russian author. This would be an ideal introduction to Russian literature.

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Apr 06, 2024 Tara rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites

One of the best short stories I’ve ever read.

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Jun 11, 2024 Felicia rated it really liked it

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Listened to this on spotify narrated by Mike Hogan. One of my favorite classics I've read so far for 2024. The narrator is quite humorous and there's even a twist! It was an easy and quick listen. ...more

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Jun 10, 2024 Ruth rated it liked it

Shelves: fiction, classics, 24for2024, 2024-in-classics-challenge

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Jun 29, 2024 Aiysha rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I’m not sure how I feel about this one, honestly. It wasn't what I expected. And I just found out it's semi-autobiographical, so now I'm also processing that.

I wouldn't call this a “coming-of-age” story; it's more of a “loss of innocence” tale for me. I sensed the twist, but my instinct was to reject it because, wtf, that would be so disturbing, and it was, in fact, deeply disturbing.

Vladimir falls in love with Zinaida, an elusive and hard-to-pin-down kind of woman. He and these other men are ...more

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Oct 31, 2024 Ethereal Reader rated it it was ok · review of another edition

2,5⭐️

je lai tellement laissé a labandon ce livre avant de le finir, je crois que c le livre que jai mis le plus de temps a finir de ma vie ptdrrrr pour aucune raison en plus.

bref, jai trouvé le récit assez previsible et trop court pour être vraiment mémorable et je sais pas a la place du protagoniste j’aurais trop le seum contre mon pere ptdrrrrr

mais je sais pas pas trop kiffé la vibe puis zinaïda la dominatrix c’était pas non plus folichon mais sinon lecriture etait cool et ca allait plutôt vi ...more

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