Fathers and SonsIvan Turgenev's Fathers and Sons explores generational differences and their tragic consequences. The story centers around Arkady and Bazarov, two young men who return home from college to a world that has remained static. They have changed but must now redefine old relationships, both their friendship with one another and their relationships with their fathers. The main conflict of the novel is between the nihilistic Bazarov, who espouses a strictly materialistic attitude toward life, and Pavel Petrovich Kirsanov, an uncle of Arkady's, who upholds the aristocratic tradition in the face of Bazarov's ridicule. |
Contents
CHAPTER I | 7 |
CHAPTER XIV | 60 |
CHAPTER XV | 64 |
CHAPTER XVI | 67 |
CHAPTER XVII | 74 |
CHAPTER XVIII | 82 |
CHAPTER XIX | 86 |
CHAPTER XX | 91 |
CHAPTER XXI | 98 |
CHAPTER XXII | 109 |
CHAPTER XXIII | 113 |
CHAPTER XXIV | 118 |
CHAPTER XXV | 130 |
CHAPTER XXVII | 144 |
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