Asja by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

"Asja" by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev is a novella published in 1858. A middle-aged Russian narrator recalls a fateful summer in Germany where he encountered two mysterious Russians: the aspiring artist Gagin and his enigmatic younger companion, Asya. As their friendship deepens, the narrator grows captivated by the unpredictable seventeen-year-old girl whose moods shift from playful to melancholic. When he discovers the secret of her birth and she confesses her feelings, he must decide whether to embrace love or let propriety dictate his response—a choice whose consequences will haunt him forever. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich, 1818-1883
Title Asja
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asya_(novella)
Credits Produced by Tapio Riikonen
Reading Level Reading ease score: 42.3 (College-level). Difficult to read.
Language Finnish
LoC Class PG: Language and Literatures: Slavic (including Russian), Languages and Literature
Subject Russia -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
Subject Russian fiction -- Translations into Finnish
Subject Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich, 1818-1883 -- Translations into Finnish
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eBook-No. 32526
Release Date
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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