Fathers and Children (Oneworld Classics) - Softcover

Ivan Turgenev

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847491456 ISBN 13: 9781847491459

Publisher: Oneworld Classics Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

"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.

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From the Back Cover:

The character of Barzarov, the radical intellectual, moves like a storm cloud through this sensuous, beautifully paced account of provincial Russia in the period just before the Great Emancipation of the serfs in 1861. Turgenev's greatest literary creation is as compelling and as enigmatic as the country whose passions he so vividly represents.

About the Author:

Ivan Turgenev (1818-83) was a novelist, poet and dramatist, and remains one of the towering figures of Russian literature. His masterpiece, Fathers and Children, is considered one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oneworld Classics Ltd
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1847491456
• ISBN 13: 9781847491459
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224