![]() ![]() The sixteen-year-old boy, Vladimir Petrovich, has fallen in love for the first time. ![]() While sometimes brutal, they seem all too real, even in our own pedestrian lives. The story is packed with powerful images and scenes that will stay with me. Furthermore, when we realize that this has stuck with the narrator and has influenced his perspective not only on love but also on life and death, the setting of where and when this is told takes on more importance. However, as I put myself in the place of those gentlemen listening that night, I was haunted. It only lasts a few pages, and it seemed to be superfluous. One says he has a great story but will have to write it down first - a great shout out to the power of writing! He does this, and when the gentlemen reconvene, we get the story.Īt first I wondered why this literary device was used. Most are typical stories, a crush that dies with time or when someone new pops into the picture. ![]() The host asks them to share the story of their first love. This book begins with a few older gentlemen sitting around a fireplace. Despite the train noises and the people coming and going, First Love really affected me with its powerful depiction of innocent love teamed up with overwhelming passion and a desire to be a martyr according to the whims of the one you love. I was not expecting a lot from First Love because typically Turgenev has been overshadowed by Dostoevsky and Tolstoy when this period of Russian literature comes up.īut this was a great read - short and packed! I was able to read it in one commute. ![]()
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