How Long to Read First Love by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (illustrated)

How Long Does it Take to Read First Love by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (illustrated)?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 21 minutes to read First Love by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (illustrated) by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

First Love is a novella by Ivan Turgenev, first published in 1860. It is one of his most popular pieces of short fiction. It tells the love story between a 21-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy. First Love was published in March 1860 in the Reader's Library. The author claimed it was the most autobiographical of all his works. Here Turgenev is retelling an incident from his own life, his infatuation with a young neighbor in the country, Princess Catherine Shakhovskoy (the Zinaida of the novella), an infatuation that lasted until his discovery that Catherine was in fact his own father's mistress. Critics were divided. Some criticized its light subject matter that did not touch upon any of the pressing social and political issues of the day. Others condemned the impropriety of that subject matter, namely a father and son in love with the same woman and a young woman who was the mistress of a married man. But it had its many admirers, including the French novelist Gustave Flaubert, who gushed in a letter to Turgenev, "What an exciting girl that Zinochka [Zinaida] is!" The Countess Lambert, a close acquaintance of Turgenev, told the author that the Russian emperor himself had read the novella to the empress and been delighted by it.

How long is First Love by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (illustrated)?

First Love by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (illustrated) by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev is 79 pages long, and a total of 20,461 words.

This makes it 27% the length of the average book. It also has 25% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read First Love by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (illustrated) Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 51 minutes to read First Love by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (illustrated) aloud.

What Reading Level is First Love by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (illustrated)?

First Love by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (illustrated) is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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