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Oh, gentle feelings, soft sounds, the goodness and the gradual stilling of a soul that has been moved the melting happiness of the first tender, touching joys of love- where are you?

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Ivan Turgenev
Age: 65 †
Born: 1818
Born: January 1
Died: 1883
Died: January 1
Dramaturge
Novelist
Opinion Journalist
Playwright
Poet
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Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev
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Touching
Feelings
Soft
Soul
Gentle
Firsts
Sounds
Stilling
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Goodness
Gradual
Love
Moved
Melting
Joy
Joys
Happiness
Tender

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