![]() ![]() Written during 18, when Turgenev was in his fifties, the novel is widely held as one of his greatest.ĭespite its fictional overlay, Torrents of Spring is inspired by the events of Turgenev's life during his 1838-1841 tour of the German States.Īlthough Fathers and Sons remains Turgenev's most famous novel, Torrents of Spring is significant in its revealing of the author's life, thoughts, and most intimate emotions.Īccording to Turgenev's biographer Leonard Schapiro, the character of Gemma Roselli was inspired by an incident which took place while the future novelist was visiting Frankfurt in 1840. It is highly autobiographical in nature, and centers on a young Russian landowner, Dimitry Sanin, who falls deliriously in love for the first time while visiting the German city of Frankfurt. ![]() Torrents of Spring, also known as Spring Torrents ( Russian: Вешние воды Veshniye vody), is an 1872 novella by Ivan Turgenev.
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