A boy of sixteen falls hopelessly for an older girl, only to discover she is his own father's mistress. Turgenev's exquisite novella of first love.
Books mentioned in First Love (6)
Macbeth by William Shakespeare: “I have cited the verses from “Macbeth,” and those witches, phantoms, visions have recurred to my mind....”
Hamlet by William Shakespeare: “All of us, like Polonius in “Hamlet,” decided that the clouds reminded us precisely of those sails”
The Brigands by Friedrich Schiller: “I had recently been reading Schiller’s “The Brigands.””
The Gypsies by Alexander Pushkin: “There kept constantly flitting through my head Aleko, the young gipsy:[6]--“Where art thou going, handsome youth?--Lie down....””
On the Hills of Georgia by Alexander Pushkin: “Recite to me: 'On the Hills of Georgia.'--Only, sit down first.” I sat down and recited, “On the Hills of Georgia.””
The Robbers by Friedrich Schiller: “I had recently been reading Schiller’s “The Brigands.””
Books that mention First Love (1)
Snow by Orhan Pamuk: “Turgut Bey reached shamefacedly into his pocket and pulled out a new edition of First Love, the Turgenev novel he'd translated from the French while he was in prison.”