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Fathers and Sons (Russian: «Отцы и дети»; Otcy i deti, IPA: [ɐˈtsɨ i ˈdʲetʲi]; pre-1918 spelling Отцы и дѣти), literally Fathers and Children, is an 1862 novel by Ivan Turgenev, published in Moscow by Grachev & Co. [1] It is one of the most acclaimed Russian novels of the 19th century.
But Fathers and Sons (1862) ultimately put Turgenev’s name on par with the greatest 19th century Russian writers, such as Alexander Pushkin, Mikhail Lermontov and Nikolai Gogol. Why is that...
Fathers and Sons, novel by Ivan Turgenev, published in 1862 as Ottsy i deti. Quite controversial at the time of its publication, Fathers and Sons concerns the inevitable conflict between generations and between the values of traditionalists and intellectuals.
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He has been described as the “un-Russian Russian” by some critics, the first Russian novelist to become broadly popular in Europe. Fathers and Sons was his masterpiece. While some were shocked by the mere depiction of Nihilism in the novel, others found the character of the nihilist Bazarov to be a libelous caricature.
Fathers and Sons is not only the best of Turgenev’s novels, it is one of the most brilliant novels of the nineteenth century. Turgenev managed to do what he intended to do, to create a male character, a young Russian, who would affirm his—that character’s—absence of introspection and at the same time would not be a journalist’s dummy ...
Aug 23, 2006 · My favorite novel is Ivan Turgenev's Fathers and Sons, a 200-page ravishing knockout of a book that explains just about everything you need to know about families, love, heartache,...
Jan 2, 2024 · The ideological conflicts among the conservative fathers and their progressive sons serve as a microcosm of the larger societal shifts taking place in Russia. Turgenev masterfully navigates the...
