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First Love (Melville House)

✍ Scribed by Turgenev, Ivan

Book ID: 108253159
Publisher: Melville House
Year: 2012
Tongue: en-US
Weight: 142 KB
Category: Fiction
ISBN-13: 9781612192406

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✦ Synopsis

"The great thing is to lead a normal life, and not be the slave of your passions. What do you get if not?"

One of Russian literature's most renowned love stories--a vivid and sensitive account of adolescent love, wherein the sixteen year old protagonist falls in love with a beautiful but older woman living next door, thereby plunging into a whirlwind of changing emotions that are heightened by her capriciousness, and leading to a truly heart-rending revelation.
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