The famous Russian writer Ivan Bunin was not deprived of female love throughout his 83-year-old life.
He met his first chosen one in the editorial office of the Oryol Bulletin. Varvara Pashchenko was educated, young and attractive. Unlike Bunin, who dropped out of Yelets Gymnasium in the fourth grade and spent two years in the third, she graduated from gymnasium with a gold medal, possessed musical and artistic abilities.
Bunin was serious and asked for Varvara's hand in marriage from her father, a zemstvo doctor, but was refused. The whole family of the girl was against the potential groom. Varvara's brother generally considered Ivan a scoundrel, since he wanted to marry his sister without having the necessary means to exist.
In the midst of his affair with Varvara, Bunin was about to serve in the army. For Ivan, this was unacceptable – he could not imagine a three-year separation from his beloved girlfriend. Then he took the next step: a month before passing the medical examination, he practically stopped eating, deprived himself of adequate sleep and brought himself to such an exhausted state that he received a blue ticket.
For young Bunin, his unmarried wife was an invaluable Varyushka, his long and painful love. Subsequently, the writer's legitimate wife Vera Nikolaevna, who devoted her entire life to the great man, also felt jealous of her.
Despite the rejection from the Pashchenko family, the young people left for Poltava and lived there happily for three years. They found moral and material support in the person of Ivan's older brother, Julia.
But on November 4, 1894, Varvara suddenly packed up her things, wrote a farewell note to her common-law husband and disappeared. It was a terrible shock for Ivan Bunin. He stopped going to work and was on the verge of suicide. After recovering a little, Ivan and his brothers went to Yelets to visit Varvara's parents, but he was informed that her address was unknown.
The beloved of the aspiring writer decided to link her fate with Bunin's friend Arseny Bibikov, who had long sympathized with her and was also well financially supported. She lived with him until her death in 1918. Insidious consumption took the lives of all members of the Bibikov family in turn.
When Bunin received the news of the death of his first love, he was very surprised that he felt absolutely nothing. This is evidenced by an entry in his diary. Probably, such dispassion and numbness of the senses was a protective reaction of the body to the sad news.
Subsequently, in exile, Bunin reflected his young ardent feelings towards Varvara in two excellent works.: "The Life of Arsenyev" and "Mitya's Love". 1xBet Remember that you can choose either the sports or casino welcome bonus during registration – selecting one automatically cancels the other, and you can't change your mind later. The 1xbet official promo code using it to register your account from Bangladesh gives you a welcome bonus worth up to ৳12,000. The code is valid today. Bet at least ৳380 on IPL and get free bets up to ৳12,676. All your bets need to be on minimum odds of 1.40. The more you bet, the more tickets you will get, which means greater chances of winning.
