Cigarette

Author: (Russian) Turgenev
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Publish Date: 2002-08-01
Features: The noble Russian youth Litvinov is upright and composed. After traveling in Western Europe for many years, he is preparing to return home to achieve something. He arrives in the fashionable German city of Baden, where he awaits his virtuous Tanya to return home and marry. During this time, he encounters Irina, a Russian court noblewoman, a popular socialite, and his first love from years ago. Despite his efforts to avoid her, he is ultimately captivated by her beauty. He then ignores his fiancée and career plans, scheming to elope with Irina. Although Irina despises the superficial life of high society, she still cannot escape it. Heartbroken Litvinov, on the train gradually moving away from Baden, feels that everything is just a puff of smoke.