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Thanks to Ballerini’s narration, the listener definitely feels the youthful infatuation, and the young man’s pain when his heart is broken.

Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Michele Cobb discuss this work first published in 1860-an older man’s recollection of his adolescent crush on a neighboring princess. Narrator Edoardo Ballerini gives the Garnett translation of Turgenev’s classic novella, First Love, a wonderfully expressive reading. We keep our daily episodes short and sweet, with audiobook clips to give you a sample of our featured listens. Every Monday through Friday, AudioFile’s editors recommend the best in audiobook listening.
