A review by xln98
First Love by Ivan Turgenev

4.0

"I burnt as in a fire in her presence, but why did I care to know what the fire was in which I burnt and melted. It was enough that it was sweet to burn and melt."

The crushing tenderness of unrequited love with a twist. This book will help you revisit not only the charm and delight of love, but also its brute, tormenting force.

Loved it.


Recommend reading this in one or two goes rather than breaking it up.

"And perhaps the whole secret of thy charm lies in not being able to do anything, but in being able to think thou wilt do anything "