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First Love

First Love by Ivan Turgenev
(An Analysis)

"Self-sacrifice is sweet - for some people."

Critical Approach: Reader-Response

The novelette is entitled First Love. At first, I thought this is some kind of a light-sailing story about a first romance. But I guess I judged the title too early, and realized while reading that it was indeed a depiction of the agonies of an unrequited first love.
Suspense. That's what i felt while the story is still unfolding. Vladimir's search for Zinaida's true love provoked intense feelings of me. I pity Vladimir as well, because Zinaida and some of her suitors belittled and took advantage of him being the youngest and innocent of them. Vladimir even joins them in their difficult and often fruitless search for the young lady's favor, yet I am in awe of him, for his love is pure and child-like, but passionate. I have this extreme dislike of Zinaida's character, especially when it comes to her suitors and her every now and then changing......


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Approximate Word Count: 481
Approximate Pages: 2 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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