The Torrents of Spring
Ivan Turgenev
Read by tovarisch
The Torrents of Spring, also known as Spring Torrents (Russian: Вешние воды), is a novel written by Ivan Turgenev during 1870 and 1871 when he was in his fifties. The story centers around a young Russian landowner named Dimitry Sanin who falls deliriously in love for the first time while visiting the German city of Frankfurt. It is widely held as one Turgenev's greatest novels as well as being highly autobiographical in nature. - Summary by Wikipedia (6 hr 9 min)
Chapters
| Chapters I-III | 20:59 | Read by tovarisch |
| Chapters IV-VII | 23:32 | Read by tovarisch |
| Chapters VIII-XI | 21:01 | Read by tovarisch |
| Chapters XII-XV | 18:20 | Read by tovarisch |
| Chapters XVI-XVII | 21:31 | Read by tovarisch |
| Chapters XVIII-XX | 19:06 | Read by tovarisch |
| Chapters XXI-XXII | 23:52 | Read by tovarisch |
| Chapters XXIII-XXIV | 20:25 | Read by tovarisch |
| Chapters XXV-XXVI | 17:30 | Read by tovarisch |
| Chapters XXVII-XXVIII | 18:17 | Read by tovarisch |
| Chapters XXIX-XXX | 18:08 | Read by tovarisch |
| Chapters XXXI-XXXII | 19:00 | Read by tovarisch |
| Chapters XXXIII-XXXIV | 18:20 | Read by tovarisch |
| Chapters XXXV-XXXVI | 23:50 | Read by tovarisch |
| Chapters XXXVII-XXXVIII | 18:10 | Read by tovarisch |
| Chapters XXXIX-XL | 26:20 | Read by tovarisch |
| Chapters XLI-XLII | 20:52 | Read by tovarisch |
| Chapters XLIII-XLIV | 19:58 | Read by tovarisch |
Reviews
A LibriVox Listener
Great work! As Sanjin found out, grass is not greener on the other side. In Serbian we say: Ne traži hleba preko pogaÄe. Excellent reading by ТоваÑиÑ. I'm looking forward to find more of his reading.
A LibriVox Listener
Wonderful story, wonderful reader, he makes it seem as if you're in 19th century Russia, very enjoyable
Lovely
lgordon
A nice romantic story with colourful characters and a good plot. The reader did a splendid job and added to the feel of the story with his slightly foreign accent. It portrays a sweet love story, but be warned; the ending is bitter sweet. I still highly recommend it, though.
A LibriVox Listener
fabulous story and reading. A tale of warning that will stay long with me. At times the writing is a bit overflowered, but forgiven.
A LibriVox Listener
Why can I only give 5 stars? This reading deserves much more. I cannot fault it. Very engaging indeed. And what a great novel!
A LibriVox Listener
Moving story, the charm of which is greatly enhanced by the beautiful reading by Tovarisch
worth more than 5 stars. I could not stop listening to it.
JW
The Torrets of Spring
The Book Guru
Sublime Turgenev at his best!