It first saw publication in the January 1872 edition of the Vestnik Evropy (Herald of Europe), the major liberal magazine of late nineteenth century Russia. Though originally planned as a short story it had expanded to novel length by the time it was finally completed in late 1871. Turgenev likely began work on what became Torrents of Spring in 1870. It is my own history." (French: "Tout ce roman-là est vrai. Most revealingly, Turgenev told Isaac Pavlovski, "The entire novel is true. In response to a letter, criticizing the novel, from the niece of Gustave Flaubert, Turgenev expressed agreement that the second half of the novel, "was not very necessary", but explained, "I allowed myself to be carried away by memories." : 251 In a letter to his French publisher Hetzel, the author wrote of Maria Nikolaevna, "This she-devil seduced me as she seduced that nit-witted Sanin." : 251 According to Schapiro, Turgenev's "correspondence with his mother suggests that he was in love with" Eleonora, "or fancied himself to be so, but that is as much as we know." : 17–18Īccording to Schapiro, there are many indications that Torrents of Spring had "some deep personal meaning" for Turgenev. At the time, Eleonora was "returning to Munich with her children" and "died the following year". The second model is believed to have been Eleonora Petersen, the first wife of the poet Fyodor Tyutchev, with whom Turgenev "conceived some kind of romantic attachment" during his 1838 voyage from St. All of this left permanent emotional scars upon her son and caused him to always gravitate towards abusive relationships. According to Schapiro, Varvara Petrovna subjected her husband, her son, her servants, and her husband's serfs to systematic physical, emotional, and verbal abuse. The first was Turgenev's mother, Varvara Petrovna Turgeneva. The character of Maria Nikolaevna Polozova is believed to have had two models. A young woman "of extraordinary beauty suddenly emerged from a tea-room to plead for help in reviving her brother, who had fainted." But, unlike Gemma, the young woman was Jewish rather than Italian and, unlike Sanin, Turgenev left Frankfurt that same night without getting to know her further. Written during 18, when Turgenev was in his fifties, the novel is widely held as one of his greatest.ĭespite its fictional overlay, Torrents of Spring is inspired by the events of Turgenev's life during his 1838-1841 tour of the German States.Īlthough Fathers and Sons remains Turgenev's most famous novel, Torrents of Spring is significant in its revealing of the author's life, thoughts, and most intimate emotions.Īccording to Turgenev's biographer Leonard Schapiro, the character of Gemma Roselli was inspired by an incident which took place while the future novelist was visiting Frankfurt in 1840. It is highly autobiographical in nature, and centers on a young Russian landowner, Dimitry Sanin, who falls deliriously in love for the first time while visiting the German city of Frankfurt. Torrents of Spring, also known as Spring Torrents ( Russian: Вешние воды Veshniye vody), is an 1872 novella by Ivan Turgenev.
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