Fathers and Sons (Dover Thrift Editions)

by Ivan Turgenev

Richard Freeborn (Editor & Translator)

Turgenev's masterpiece about the conflict between generations is as fresh, outspoken, and exciting today as it was in when it was first published in 1862. The controversial portrait of Bazarov, the energetic, cynical, and self-assured `nihilist' who repudiates the romanticism of his elders, shook Russian society. Indeed the image of humanity liberated by science from age-old conformities and prejudices is one that can threaten establishments of any political or religious persuasion, and is especially potent in the modern era.

This new translation, specially commissioned for the World's Classics, is the first to draw on Turgenev's working manuscript, which only came to light in 1988.
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• ISBN10: 019953604X
• ISBN13: 9780199536047
• Publish Date: 8 May 2008 (first published 30 May 1965)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: Oxford University Press
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 256
• Language: English

Reviews

[celinenyx]

Probably my first novel by a Russian author ever. Easily written, and nicely short, Fathers and Sons has many themes. There is the emancipation of the labourers, the decline of the aristocracy, the discrepancy between generations... Neatly delivered in a package with love triangles, best friends, and eccentric family members.

[jamiereadthis]

Officially add Turgenev to my ever-growing list of Russian lovers.