num_pages: 288
description: Turgenev's lyrical tale of the problems of progress and reaction is set in the twilight years of the Russian aristocracy. Yegeny Bazarov, an angry young radical, holds scientific truth and useful knowledge above all else. Poetry, the beauty of art, faith in human nature are romantic rubbish. When Bazarov is invited to the country by fellow student and disciple Arkady Kirsanov, the clash between his ideas and the traditional liberal values of Kirsanov's father and uncle is inevitable. Even Kirsanov begins to react against Bazarov's espousal of destructive nihilism. Ironically, it is love - the idea Bazarov mocks above all - which wounds him most when he discovers that the laws of passion are as heartless as the brutal reason he advocates.
language: English
title: Fathers and Children
titlecomplete: Fathers and Children
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: Everyman