In a series of nine letters, the narrator tells his friend how he introduced Vera Nikolayevna, a married woman who had been forbidden as a child to read fiction and poetry, to the intellectual pleasures of Goethe's masterpiece. Opening up in front of Vera's eyes is not only the realm of imagination, but also a world of unbridled feelings and tempestuous passions, which can only shatter the comfort and safety of her existence and force her to set off on a journey of spiritual awakening.
Author Biography
Ivan Turgenev (181883) was a novelist, poet, and dramatist, and now ranks as one of the towering figures of Russian literature. His masterpiece, " Fathers and Children," is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. Hugh Aplin has translated Mikhail Bulgakov's "A Dog's Heart" and "The Fatal Eggs," Fyodor Dostoevsky's "The Eternal Husband," and Mikhail Kuzmin's "Wings."
