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First Love by Ivan Turgenev

Episode 3

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Ivan Turgenev’s masterpiece “First Love” tells the story of a young man who, over the course of one enchanted summer, falls hopelessly for his beautiful neighbour, only to find himself desperately entangled in illicit passion and betrayal.

Vladimir discovers that Zinaïda herself is in love. But who is the object of her passion?

Read by Alex Waldmann
Abridged and produced by Robin Brooks Show less

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