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Spring Torrents

Returning to Russia from a tour in Italy, twenty-three-year-old Dimitry Sanin breaks his journey in Frankfurt, where he encounters the beautiful Gemma Roselli, who works in her parents' patisserie, and falls deeply and deliriously in love for the first time. Convinced that nothing can come in the way of everlasting happiness with his fiancee, Dimitry impetuously decides to begin a new life and sell his Russian estates. But when he meets the potential buyer, the intriguing Madame Polozov, his youthful vulnerability makes him prey for a darker, destructive infatuation.

A novel of haunting beauty, "Spring Torrents" (1870-1) is a fascinating, partly autobiographical account of one of Turgenev's favourite themes - a man's inability to love without losing his innocence and becoming enslaved to obsessive passions.

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1872

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Ivan Turgenev

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Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (Cyrillic: Иван Сергеевич Тургенев) was a novelist, poet, and dramatist, and now ranks as one of the towering figures of Russian literature. His major works include the short-story collection A Sportsman’s Sketches (1852) and the novels Rudin (1856), Home of the Gentry (1859), On the Eve (1860), and Fathers and Sons (1862).

These works offer realistic, affectionate portrayals of the Russian peasantry and penetrating studies of the Russian intelligentsia who were attempting to move the country into a new age. His masterpiece, Fathers and Sons, is considered one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century.

Turgenev was a contemporary with Fyodor Dostoevsky and Leo Tolstoy. While these wrote about church and religion, Turgenev was more concerned with the movement toward social reform in Russia.

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January 3, 2020
Remekül megírt könyv lehetett volna, ha nem csapja össze a végét Turgenyev. Kiválóan felépítette a cselekményt, igényesen fogalmazott, voltak valódi karakterei, lépésről lépésre közelítettünk a végső fordulathoz, de utána néhány oldalban olyan nemtörődömséggel lezárta a regényt, mintha csak elfogyott volna a türelme.
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December 12, 2023
Sajnos rosszkor olvastam ezt a regényt, nem igazán tudtam ráhangolódni a romantikus oldalára (lehet tavasszal jobban csúszott volna!). Viszont végig reménykedtem egy pozitív végkifejletben, engem meglepett, nem is az, hogy Szanyin hagyta magát elcsábítani, hanem, hogy ettől miért kellett undorítóan megalázkodnia, és rabszolgává válnia?! Mintha az írónak lettek volna némi mazohista hajlamai, amik domináért kiáltottak... Szerencsére ezt nem taglalta sokat, a vége pedig keserédes. De mondjuk én szívesen olvastam volna még pár oldalt, hogy Szanyin hogy szabadult ki a "rabságból", és hogy töltötte azt a röpke 30 évet...
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