num_pages: 208
description: When a young graduate returns home he is accompanied, much to his father and uncle's discomfort, by a strange friend "who doesn't acknowledge any authorities, who doesn't accept a single principle on faith." Turgenev's masterpiece of generational conflict shocked Russian society when it was published in 1862 and continues today to seem as fresh and outspoken as it did to those who first encountered its nihilistic hero.
language: English
title: Fathers and Sons
titlecomplete: Fathers and Sons
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: 86194
places: Russian Empire
awards: awardedAt: 1451635200000
name: Read Russia Prize
category: Classic Russian Literature for Joaquín Fernández Valdes
publisher: Signet Classics