The Torrents of Spring (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Ivan Turgenev
- First Published: 1872
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: 1840
- Setting: Frankfurt and Wiesbaden
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Nineteenth century, Betrayal, Guilt, Emotions, Germany or German people, Duels or dueling, Middle age, Mortality
- Locales: Germany, Frankfurt, Germany, Wiesbaden, Germany
Characters Discussed
Dimitry Pavlovich Sanin (DMIH- tree PAHV-loh-vihch SAH-nihn), a young Russian nobleman and the novel’s aging narrator. The novel, presented as a reminiscence, gives two distinct visions of Sanin: the weak-willed, twenty-one-year-old idealist and the soul- sickened, fifty-two-year-old narrator. The youthful Sanin is a careless nobleman who is accosted by Gemma Rosselli while walking down a street in Frankfurt. She believes that her brother Emilio has stopped breathing, and when Sanin restores the young man, she and her family consider him their savior....
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Ivan Turgenev (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Ivan Turgenev (Short Fiction)Ivan Turgenev (Long Fiction)Ivan Turgenev (Drama)Ivan Turgenev (Dictionary of World Biography)
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