Ivan Turgenev 
The Torrents of Spring (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading) 

Considered to be Turgenevs greatest love story,
The Torrents of Spring is a bittersweet story of young love steered astray by passion. While traveling through Germany, nobleman Dmitri Sanin meets Gemma Roselli, a beautiful Italian girl who works in her familys shop. They fall in love as Sanin saves Gemmas brother life and defends her honor in a duel. Romance turns toward heartbreak, though, when Sanin falls under the spell of an imperious woman.

About the author

Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883) ranks as one of the greatest Russian novelists of the nineteenth century. He was born in a provincial town south of Moscow, but spent most of his adult life outside of Russia. In April 1852, he was arrested for violating a censor’s edict. Turgenev’s most famous works include
Fathers and Sons (1862) and
A Sportsman’s Sketches (1852).