I have no intention of being mistaken for a feminist, but this short story has stirred a few different things in me.
Archive for Ivan Turgenev
Ivan Turgenev's 'First Love'
Posted in Journalism, Reading with tags First Love, Ivan Turgenev on September 6, 2011 by Jarrod Boyle
Marital Advice from Russia, circa 1860
Posted in Reading with tags First Love, Ivan Turgenev on August 27, 2011 by Jarrod Boyle
‘If we are to have made-up stories,’ said [Zinaida], ‘then let everyone quite definitely invent something and tell us that.’
Byelovzorov again was obliged to begin. The young hussar was acutely embarrassed. ‘I can’t think of anything to say,’ he cried. Continue reading
