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I only know that I feel tired, antiquated I feel as though I had been living a long, long time.

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Ivan Turgenev
Age: 65 †
Born: 1818
Born: January 1
Died: 1883
Died: January 1
Dramaturge
Novelist
Opinion Journalist
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Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev
Antiquated
Tired
Though
Living
Feel
Feels
Long
Time

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