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Fathers And Sons : Penguin Pocket Classics
Paperback Edition: 1
Returning home after years away at university, Arkady is proud to introduce his clever friend Bazarov to his father and uncle. But their guest soon stirs up unrest on the quiet country estate - his outspoken nihilist views and his scathing criticisms of the older
men expose the growing distance between Arkady and his father. And when Bazarov visits his own doting but old-fashioned parents, his disdainful rejection of traditional Russian life causes even further distress. In Fathers and Sons, Turgenev created a beautifully-drawn and highly influential portrayal of the clash between generations, at a time just before the end of serfdom, when the refined yet vanishing landowning class was being overturned by a brash new breed that strove to change the world.
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Pages : 240
Publisher : Penguin Classics
Publication date : 2016-06
Subjects: Fiction, Classics (pre C.1945), Contemporary, Historical Fiction