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First Love (Penguin Great Loves)
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This book is good, with language anyone can understand and a story that is interesting from the start. About idealistic hopes and ugly realities. Don't be afraid of reading this classic....and keep me updated!... »
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Fathers and Sons
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I think the thing I enjoyed most about "Fathers and Sons" was that it was short. The great Russian classics we generally think of are "War and Peace", "Crime and Punishment", etc. These are all long, drawn out books. "Fathers and Sons", thankfully, is short(er), with fewer characters and less confusion as to which person is which, especially since few ... »
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First Love and Other Stories (Oxford World's Classics)
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This review is about 'First Love'. It follows the reading of three other Turgenev novels - from which you can guess I like this author a lot. In the three earlier novels ('Fathers and Sons', 'Spring Torrents' and 'Virgin Soil') there is one constant theme - men rejecting women - not because they see the women as inadequate, but because they see themsel... »
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Home of the Gentry (Penguin Classics)
It is the archetypal story of the 'homecoming'. Turgenev captures the pathos and longing of returning. Where Tolstoy is the master of the epic, the great ... »
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Fathers and Sons
Isn't it so true! -- and it always will be so, as it has in the past. Perhaps Baby Boomers reading this review will recall what their parents thought of T... »
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Spring Torrents (Penguin Classics)
I liked the other reviews of the book except for the Australian's reference to Bonobo monkeys and Mike Nichol's comparison of it to 'High Fidelity' - Chri... »
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Rudin (Penguin Classics)
I found Rudin profoundly touching and an almost astonishing work for a novel so slender. Rarely in so few pages can a writer have illustrated his themes s... »
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