num_pages: 256
description: Fathers and Sons (1862), Turgenev's masterpiece, represents in its hero, Bazarov, 'the new man', a nihilist liberated from age-old conformities and at odds with the previous generation, questioning the very fabric of society. A novel of ideas, Fathers and Sons is also a moving story of humanrelationships.
language: English
title: Fathers and Sons
titlecomplete: Fathers and Sons (Oxford World's Classics Hardcovers)
characters: Masha Kirsanov, Yevdoksiya Kushkina, Porfiriy Dlatonyic, Vasiliy Ivanovic Bazarov, Mitya Kirsanov, Prokofyic, Sitnikov, Evgeny Bazarov, Katya Nikolayevic Lokten Kirsanov, Agafokleya Kuzminishna Kirsanov, Fenicka Kirsanov, Arkady Kirsanov, Anna Sergeeyevna Odintson, Matyei Ilyic Kolyazin, Arina Vlasyevna Bazarov, Piyotr, Nicolay Petroviç Kirsanov
genres: Literature, Classics, Literary Fiction, Novels, Philosophy, Russian Literature, 19th Century, Russia, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 86173
places: Russian Empire
awards: awardedAt: 1451635200000
name: Read Russia Prize
category: Classic Russian Literature for Joaquín Fernández Valdes
publisher: Oxford University Press