On the Eve

Ivan Turgenev

⏱ 8 minRussian classic

A high-souled young woman can love none of the ordinary Russians around her, and gives her whole heart to a Bulgarian patriot who lives only to free his country, then loses him on the eve of his war. Turgenev's novel of will.

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