The Torrents of Spring (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading)

by Ivan Turgenev, Constance Garnett (Translator), Mary Albon (Introduction)

Overview

Considered to be Turgenev's greatest love story, The Torrents of Spring is a bittersweet story of young love steered astray by passion. While traveling through Germany, nobleman Dmitri Sanin meets Gemma Roselli, a beautiful Italian girl who works in her family's shop. They fall in love as Sanin saves Gemma's brother life and defends her honor in a duel. Romance turns toward heartbreak, though, when Sanin falls under the spell of an imperious woman.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411431218
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	09/01/2009
Series:	Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
Sales rank:	395,765
File size:	510 KB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883) ranks as one of the greatest Russian novelists of the nineteenth century. He was born in a provincial town south of Moscow, but spent most of his adult life outside of Russia. In April 1852, he was arrested for violating a censor’s edict. Turgenev’s most famous works include Fathers and Sons (1862) and A Sportsman’s Sketches (1852).