![]() ![]() As for the title, it turns out both Vladimir and Zinaida experience first love, though not with each other. Furthermore, the author shows we can never fully know other people who they are, however intimate we are. Buy First Love and Other Stories by Ivan Turgenev, Richard Freeborn from Waterstones today Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK. ![]() ![]() What do readers say about The Queen of Spades has food for thought Nikolai Gogol. In conclusion, Vladimir is introduced to the complications of adult behavior, which consist of loss and betrayal through his first attachment yet it helps him mature and cope with such feelings. If you liked First Love, what should you read next Alexander Pushkin. Several years later, Vladimir finds out Zinaida died in childbirth. Shortly afterwards Vladimir’s father dies abruptly of a stroke, his mother sends a large sum of money to Moscow, the insinuation seemingly being that Zinaida had a child as a result of the affair. This newfound knowledge explains the quarrels Vladimir witnessed his parents having, which were more than usual, and eventually the Petrovich family returns to town. The definitive heartbreak for Vladimir is that Zinaida’s secret love turns out to be Vladimir’s own father whom he idolizes very much. Nor is it one of the other suitors, although at first he suspects it is one of them. Beneath her façade, he can see that she truly is in love, but not with him. ![]()
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