First Love
- Publisher
- Melville House Publishing
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2004
- Category
- Literary
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780974607894
- Publish Date
- Sep 2004
- List Price
- $13.00
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Description
This vivid, sensitive tale of adolescent love follows a 16-year-old boy who falls in love with a beautiful, older woman and experiences a whirlwind of changing emotions, from exaltation and jealousy to despair and devotion.
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About the author
Contributor Notes
Ivan Turgenev is a major figure in 19th-century Russian literature whose work observes the social and psychological interactions of peasants and aristocrats. He is the author of the short story collection A Sportsman's Sketches, which is said to have contributed to Tsar Alexander II's decision to liberate the serfs.