Turgenev love biography

Personal life of the only love in Turgenev’s biography was singer Polina Viardot. The girl did not possess beauty, but rather, on the contrary, caused disgust among many men. She was a stoop and had gross features. Her mouth was disproportionately large, and her eyes fell out of orbits. Henry Heine even compared her to the landscape, which was "simultaneously monstrous and exotic." But when Viardot began to sing, she immediately fascinated the audience.

It was in this image that Turgenev saw Pauline, and immediately fell in love with her. All the girls with whom he had close relationships before meeting with the singer immediately stopped interest him. However, there was a problem - the writer's beloved was married. Nevertheless, Turgenev did not retreat from the goal and did everything possible in order to see Viardot more often.

As a result, he managed to settle in the house in which Polina and her husband Louis lived. The singer’s husband through his fingers looked at the relationship of the “guest” with his wife. A number of biographers believe that the reason for this was considerable amounts that the Russian master left in the house of his mistress. Also, some researchers believe that Ivan Turgenev is the real father of the field, the child of Polina and Louis.

The writer's mother was against the relationship of her son with Viardot. She hoped that Ivan would abandon her and finally find a suitable pair. Interestingly, in the youth, Turgenev had a fleeting romance with the Belyoshweik Avdotya. As a result of their relationship, the daughter of Pelagia, whom he recognized only 15 years later, was born. Varvara Petrovna Turgenev’s mother was very cold to her granddaughter because of her peasant origin.

But Ivan Sergeyevich himself loved the girl very much, and even agreed to take her to his house, after living together with Viardot. The love idyll with Polina did not last long. This was largely due to the three-year house arrest of Turgenev, because of which lovers could not see each other. After parting, the writer began to meet with young Olga, who was 18 years younger than him.

However, Viardot still did not come out of his heart. Not wanting to spoil the life of a young girl, he admitted to her that only Polina still loves. The next hobby of Ivan Sergeyevich was the summer actress Maria Savina.

At that time, Turgenev was 61 years old. When the couple went to Paris, Savina saw a large number of Viardot’s things in the writer’s house and guessed that she could never achieve the same love for herself. As a result, they never got married, although they maintained friendly relations until the writer’s death.