Fathers and Children

Fathers and Children, arguably the first modern novel in the history of Russian literature, shocked readers when it was first published in 1862 - the controversial character of Bazarov, a self-proclaimed nihilist intent on rejecting all existing traditional values and institutions, providing a trenchant critique of the established order.

Turgenev's masterpiece investigates the growing nihilist movement of mid-nineteenth-century Russia - a theme which was to influence Dostoevsky and many other European writers - in a universal and often hilarious story of generational conflict and the clash between the old and the new.

About the author

Ivan Turgenev

Summary

Part of Alma Classics Evergreen series, this edition of Fathers and Children is presented in a new translation with a wealth of material.

Additional text

Turgenev to me is the greatest writer there ever was.

Report

Turgenev to me is the greatest writer there ever was. Ernest Hemingway

Product details

• Authors: Michael Pursglove, Ivan Turgenev, Ivan S. Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev, Iwan S. Turgenjew
• Assisted by: D. Michael Pursglove (Translation), Michael Pursglove (Translation)
• Publisher: Alma Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.08.2015
• EAN: 9781847494894
• ISBN: 978-1-84749-489-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Evergreens; Alma Classics; Alma Classics Evergreens; Alma Classics; Evergreens; Alma Classics Evergreens
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction in translation