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Fathers and Children

by Ivan Turgenev

Translated by Constance Garnett

Arkady returns to his father’s estate accompanied by his friend from university—a nihilist.

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First published
1962
Length
70,967 words
Reading time
About 4 hr 56 min
Language
English (UK)

About the book

Arkady, a university graduate, returns from St. Petersburg to his father’s estate with his mentor Bazarov—a nihilist.

Fathers and Children (also known as Fathers and Sons ) is a novel written in 1862 by Russian writer Ivan Turgenev and published in Moscow by The Russian Messenger .

The main theme of the novel is the conflict between two generations—the “fathers,” the liberal serf owners, and the “children,” nihilists who reject their authority and traditions.

Turgenev’s novel also helped popularize the term “nihilism,” especially after the word’s use by an influential Russian nihilist movement in the 1860s.

About the author

Ivan Turgenev

Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883) is described by Wikidata as Russian writer (1818–1883), with citizenship or national association recorded as Russian Empire.

Recorded occupations include writer, poet, playwright, novelist, translator, and prose writer. Languages recorded for Ivan Turgenev include French, German, English, and Russian. The structured record associates Ivan Turgenev with literary realism. Wikidata lists A Sportsman's Sketches, Fathers and Sons, A Month in the Country, Mumu, Home of the Gentry, and Poems in Prose among Ivan Turgenev's notable works. The Read4Max catalog currently includes A House of Gentlefolk, Fathers and Children, and On the Eve under Ivan Turgenev's authorship.

1818–1883

Contributors

Translator

Constance Garnett

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Themes and ideas

  • Historical fiction
  • Fathers and sons
  • Domestic fiction
  • Russia
  • Nihilism (Philosophy)

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