Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Features an introduction by Anna Tolstoy in an exciting new Bantam Classics' package. But its enduring legacy of social insight and conscience mixed with drama has given it universal appeal. Turgenev’s timeless tale of generational collision, in a sparkling new translation When Arkady Petrovich returns home from college, his father finds his eager, nave son changed almost beyond recognition, for the impressionable Arkady has fallen under the powerful influence of the friend he has brought home with him. When first published in 1862, this novel of a divided Russia, with peasants set against masters and fathers set against sons, caused great outrage. Turgenev literally does this in Fathers and Sons with his father and son. But many could sympathize with Arkady's fascination with the nihilistic hero whose story vividly captures the hopes and regrets of a changing Russia. he novel Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev showed the differing ideals between. Turgenev's depiction of the conflict between generations and their ideals stunned readers when "Fathers and Sons" was first published in 1862. A self-proclaimed nihilist, the ardent young Bazarov shocks Arkady's father by criticizing the landowning way of life and by his outspoken determination to sweep away the traditional values of contemporary Russian society. When Arkady Petrovich comes home from college, his father finds his eager, naive son changed almost beyond recognition, for the impressionable Arkady has fallen under the powerful influence of the friend accompanying him.
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