It didn’t occur to me last night when Turgenev waited to tell us what Sanin looks like that this was actually going to be the main theme of the novel.

Sanin is not someone who has ever thought about hos his actions have consequences. He’s never thought beyond anyone but himself before, yet now, in a torrent, ‘love’ hurricanes in and he’s swept up in it, and it’s not going to end well for a lot of people.