![]() ![]() Vladimir quickly falls in love with Zinaida who torments him by being kind at times and completely ignoring him at other times. When his mother sends him to Princess Zasyekin's lodge, he becomes a constant visitor to Zinaida. Vladimir first sees Zinaida in the garden and runs blushing to his room after his spying is discovered. ![]() At this point in Vladimir's life, he does not have a clear image of women or love, but that changes when he meets the neighbor's daughter, Zinaida Zasyekin. ![]() ![]() He has an uncomfortable relationship with his parents Vladimir's mother scarcely notices him, and his father treats him with a good-humored indifference. Vladimir is preparing for University but has his freedom since his last tutor quit. He lives in Moscow with his parents, but his family leases a summer house near the Kaluga Toll-gate, in Keskootchy. In the narrative that he recalls, Vladimir Petrovich is sixteen years old during the summer of 1833. Vladimir does not want to tell the story but agrees to write it down and read it for his friends a few weeks later. Vladimir Petrovich is the protagonist of Ivan Turgenev's "First Love." He is one of the remaining guests in the frame story when the host suggests that they all tell the stories of their first loves. ![]()
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