Premier amour by Ivan Turgenev

when the down-at-heel Princess Zasyekin moves next door to the usa estate of Vladimir Petrovich's dad and mom, he instantly and overwhelmingly falls in love with his new neighbour's daughter, Zinaida. but the capricious young womanalready has many admirers and as she performs her suitors against every other, Vladimir's unrequited younger passionquickly turns to torment and melancholy - even though he stays ignorant of his proper rival for Zinaida's affections. 

Set within the world of nineteenth-century Russia's fading aristocracy, Turgenev's tale depicts a boy's increase of understanding and mastery over his very own heart as he awakens to the complex nature of grownup love.