Asya (Masterplots II: World Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Ivan Turgenev
- First Published: 1858
- Type of Work: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: The mid-nineteenth century
- Setting: Germany, a small town on the Rhine
- Principal Characters: N.N., Gagin, Asya
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Class conflict, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Brothers and sisters, Emotions, Germany or German people
- Locales: Germany
The Novel
N.N., a lonely bachelor in his forties, tells the story of the lost love of his youth, twenty years ago. This is his story. A Russian gentleman in his twenties with ample private means, he has been vacationing in a picturesque small town on the Rhine, where he meets by chance two fellow Russians, a young artist named Gagin and a girl of seventeen called Asya (a diminutive of Anna), whom Gagin introduces as his sister. N.N., recovering from an unsuccessful flirtation with a young widow, feels ready for a new relationship. Apparently the only Russians in town,...
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