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Torrents of Spring

novella by Turgenev
Also known as: “Spring Freshets”, “Spring Torrents”, “Veshniye vody”(Show More)
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Torrents of Spring, novella by Ivan Turgenev, published in Russian as Veshniye vody in 1872. The book has also been translated as Spring Torrents and Spring Freshets. Cast as a reminiscence, the work concerns the reflections of the middle-aged and world-weary Sanin on his youthful romance with Gemma, a young Italian woman. Although she willingly broke off her engagement with another man and declared her love for him, Sanin was unexpectedly seduced by an older...

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