# First love, and other stories

By Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev.

"First love, and other stories" by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev is a collection of short fiction first published in 1860. The title novella tells the story of a sixteen-year-old boy's infatuation with a capricious twenty-one-year-old neighbor. Turgenev considered it his most autobiographical work, drawing from a youthful episode involving a young princess who captured his heart. The tale explores the complexities of passion when Vladimir discovers unexpected truths about Zinaida's affections, creating a narrative that divided critics yet captivated readers, including the Russian emperor himself. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Translator: Isabel Florence Hapgood
- Subjects: Russia -- Social life and customs -- Fiction; Short stories, Russian -- Translations into English; Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich, 1818-1883 -- Translations into English; Russian fiction -- Translations into English

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