When Arkady Petrovich comes home from college, his father finds his eager, naive son changed almost beyond recognition, for the impressionable Arkady has fallen under the powerful influence of the friend accompanying him. A self-proclaimed nihilist, the ardent young Bazarov shocks Arkady's father by criticizing the landowning way of life and by his outspoken determination to sweep away the traditional values of contemporary Russian society. Turgenev's depiction of the conflict between generations and their ideals stunned readers when "Fathers and Sons" was first published in 1862. But many could sympathize with Arkady's fascination with the nihilistic hero whose story vividly captures the hopes and regrets of a changing Russia.

メディア	書籍 Paperback Book (ソフトカバーで背表紙を接着した本)
リリース済み	1965年5月30日
ISBN13	9780140441475
出版社	Penguin Classics
ページ数	304
寸法	130 × 197 × 19 mm · 240 g
言語	英語
寄稿者	Rosemary Edmonds