Fathers and Sons (Dover Thrift Editions)

by Ivan Turgenev

Richard Freeborn (Editor & Translator)

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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...Read more
  • 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