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A Fire at Sea (1957)

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Isaiah Berlin introduces and reads his translation of Russian novelist Ivan Turgenev's short story 'A Fire at Sea', in which Turgenev recounts an embarrassing episode from his youth. Originally broadcast on the BBC Third Programme on 23 July 1957.
Published with Berlin's translation of Turgenev's 'First Love' in 'First Love [and] A Fire at Sea' (1982)

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Isaiah Berlin
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Keywords
turgenev
literature
Russia
isaiah berlin
Department: Wolfson College
Date Added: 15/04/2009
Duration: 00:29:37

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