Fathers and Sons

by Ivan Turgenev

When Arkady Petrovich comes home from college, his father finds his eager, na&#239;ve son changed almost beyond recognition, for the impressionable Arkady has fallen under the powerful influence of the friend he has brought with him. A self-proclaimed nihilist, the ardent young Bazarov shocks Arkady&#39;s father by criticizing the landowning way of life and by his outspoken determination to sweep away traditional values of contemporary Russian society. <br/><br><br><br/>Turgenev&#39;s depiction of the conflict between generations and their ideals stunned readers when <I>Fathers and Sons</I> was first published in 1862. But many could also sympathize with Arkady&#39;s fascination with its nihilist hero, whose story vividly captures the hopes and regrets of a changing Russia. <I>Fathers and Sons</I> is a brilliant work that captures the tension that existed among generations and class in the prerevolutionary era in Russia.<br/><br><br><br/>This version of <I>Fathers and Sons</I> is the translation by Constance Garnett.<br/>