But it had its many admirers, including the French novelist Gustave Flaubert, who gushed in a letter to Turgenev, "What an exciting girl that Zinochka is!" The Countess Lambert, a close acquaintance of Turgenev, told the author that the Russian emperor himself had read the novella to the empress and been delighted by it. Others condemned the impropriety of that subject matter, namely a father and son in love with the same woman and a young woman who was the mistress of a married man. Some criticized its light subject matter that did not touch upon any of the pressing social and political issues of the day. Here Turgenev is retelling an incident from his own life, his infatuation with a young neighbor in the country, Princess Catherine Shakhovskoy (the Zinaida of the novella), an infatuation that lasted until his discovery that Catherine was in fact his own father's mistress.Ĭritics were divided.
The author claimed it was the most autobiographical of all his works. This family, as with many of the Russian minor nobility with royal ties of that time, were only afforded a degree of respectability because of their titles the Zasyekins, in the case of this story, are a very poor family.First Love was published in March 1860 in the Reader's Library. The details of our relations have slipped out of my memory, and even if I remembered them, whom could they interest?Vladimir Petrovich Voldemar, a 16-year-old, is staying in the country with his family and meets Zinaida Alexandrovna Zasyekina, a beautiful 21-year-old woman, staying with her mother, Princess Zasyekina, in a wing of the manor. To speak accurately, the first and last time I was in love was with my nurse when I was six years old but thats in the remote past. I was eighteen when I had my first flirtation with a charming young lady, but I courted her just as though it were nothing new to me just as I courted others later on. I had no first love, he said at last I began with the second.How was that?Its very simple. Its your turn, Sergei Nikolaevitch.Sergei Nikolaevitch, a round little man with a plump, light-complexioned face, gazed first at the master of the house, then raised his eyes to the ceiling.
And so its settled, he observed, sitting back farther in his easy-chair and lighting a cigar each of us is to tell the story of his first love. ClickBD - Buy anything and get the best price in Bangladesh. There was left in the room only the master of the house and Sergei Nikolaevitch and Vladimir Petrovitch.The master of the house rang and ordered the remains of the supper to be cleared away. DESCRIPTION ( First Love by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev ) Language: English Published in: 1860 Translator: Constance Garnett Word count: 24,698 words ( about 2 hours) Post your ad, Its FREE. First Love Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev - The party had long ago broken up.
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