Fathers and sons / Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich

In three parts, first, the text of the novel which portrays a new type of hero, a "nihilist," who would represent the values of the younger generation, revealing the full breadth of 19th century Russia, second, a selection of Turgenev's letters, and third, sixteen critical essays on the novel.

Ivan Turgenev's nineteenth-century Russian novel of generational conflict during a period of social revolution.

Presents Ivan Turgenev's nineteenth-century Russian novel of generational conflict during a period of social revolution.

After Arkady returns home with his cynical friend Bazarov, Arkady's father and uncle, already angry over the peasant uprising, become more and more angry at Bazarov's outspoken nihilism.