First Love & Other Tales, Ivan Turgenev: H/B: Limited Edition: Franklin Library

By Ivan Turgenev.

Published by The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania, 1978. Limited edition. Hardback cover, 388 pages. Black & white illustrations. Gilt head/fore/bottom edges. Moiré silk end papers (red). Attached satin bookmark. Gold embossed hardcover.

CONDITION
Overall excellent condition - see photos. As new. No names or writing.

With the exception of The Song of Triumphant Love, which is set in Renaissance Italy, these stories are all partly autobiographical. They demonstrate the evolution of Turgenev's skills and preoccupations, from the diary form of his famout study of Superfluous Man (1850) and his exposure of the tyranny of serfdom in the small masterpiece Mumu (1854), to his most poignant and nostalgic evocations of love, Asya (1858) and First Love (1860).

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