About this title: Considered by many to be Turgenev's best novel, FATHERS AND SONS is an unsentimental depiction of the conflict between the radical young and their conservative elders. The hostile reception of this controversial story led Turgenev to leave Russia permanently and settle in Western Europe.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge U. P
Date Published: 1965
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. 208p., 21 cm. Text of this ed. originally published. Ogiz, 1948. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pa.
Date Published: 1983
Description: Very Good. 237 p., [4] leaves of plates: ill.; 24 cm. Translation of: Ottsy i deti. Translation previously published as: Fathers and children. 1895. "A limited edition. " read more
Description: Very good. Great copy! Washington Square Press edition. Nearly perfect inside & out EXCEPT for tanned pages, name inside front cover, slight edge wear. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: W.W. Norton, New York
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780393957952ISBN:0393957950
Description: Good. Underlining and marginal notations throughout. 345 p. In addition to text of novel, includes The Author on the Novel, The Contemporary Reaction, Essays in Criticism, A Chronology of Turgenev's Life, and Selected Bibliography. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics, London
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780140441475ISBN:0140441476
Description: Good. Slight creases in spine. 295 p. Includes the Romanes Lecture, "Fathers and Children, " by Isaiah Berlin. Introduction by Rosemary Edmonds. read more
Edition: Reprint.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Norton, New York
Date Published: 1966
ISBN-13:9780393096521ISBN:0393096521
Description: Good. Includes the text of the novel, The Author on the Novel, Contemporary Reviews, Essays in Criticism, Chronology, and Selected Bibliography. read more
Description: Good. Spine is smooth. Covers show some wear at the edges and corners. Good reading copy. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. Pages tanning. Used books may have price stickers. Most orders ship on the next business day. read more
Description: Good. Spine is smooth. Covers show some wear at the edges and corners. Good reading copy. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. Pages tanning. Used books may have price stickers. Most orders ship on the next business day. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Bantam Classics
ISBN-13:9780553210897ISBN:0553210890
Description: Good. Spine is smooth. Covers show some wear at the edges and corners. Good reading copy. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. Pages tanning. Used books may have price stickers. Most orders ship on the next business day. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Bantam Classics
ISBN-13:9780553210897ISBN:0553210890
Description: Good. Spine is well creased. Covers show wear at the edges and corners. Good Grade C average reading copy. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. Pages tanning. Used books may have price stickers. Most orders ship on the next business day. read more
"What a surprise. After reading Dostoevsky and Tolstoy, I expected this to be a more difficult read. (Don't get me wrong, I have loved Crime and Punishment, Anna Karenina, and The Brother's Karamazov. They are just dense and long.) Fathers and Sons was not. My Russian-speaking friends said that indeed Tergenev's are easier, and that partly being that he was one of the most westernized Russian writers. Well, for whatever the reason, I was surprised to find this to be a book I could read without stopping, staying up late to finish it the second day. I'm ready to go find more of his works, and you should try this one, at least!"
"I originally read this book in high school sophomore year when doing a comparison paper for my 20th Century Russian History course. I wrote on the comparisons between the 'revolutionary' thinking of Bazarov and the younger generation in "Fathers and Sons" and the revolution that resulted in Russia in 1917 (very deep I know; I got an A). At the time, this book had been suggested to me by my teacher (thanks Mrs. Peterson!) and I remembered liking it a lot.
Well 11 years later, I think my tastes have changed. In general, I don't like 'old' books (unless it's something like "The Secret Garden", which to me never gets old). The fact that this book was written in 1862 makes it quite far away from the modern world in which we live. While I know the book was written in Russian (and French) originally, the translation seems to be good. But wordy! VERY VERY wordy! The storyline is still beautiful and I can understand how it was controversial then. But for a short book I felt like it dragged and dragged and dragged on. I'm just not cut out for reading stuff like this.
But if you like older Classics--this is a nice departure from Jane Austen and the Bronte sisters. If you're into that genre of reading, you'll enjoy Fathers and Sons."
"I decided to read this book because Ernest Gaines spoke so highly of it. I am extremely glad I did. At first I did not like the way it was going, I got the impression that Bazarov was supposed to be the bee's knees. But it did not end up being like this, so I was glad. I did not like Bazarov because he tried to hold back every emotion he had. He could have had a better life if he would have accepted emotion. I quite enjoyed Arkady, he reminded me of myself when I was going through a transition. He had decided to think a certain way but could not get rid of his feelings for the things he was supposedly rejecting. He turned out spectacular. I really enjoyed the parents of both chaps, too, & Katya, although her sister was not very like-able. There were so many great quotes from it, especially one-liners. It was a very easy read & filled with a lot of wisdom, I would say. Overall, the story was a really good one, & I really, really enjoyed it."
"This book is pretty amazing. It's about two young men, self-proclaimed nihilists, who travel around together and interact with people of different and similar world views. It's about teenage rebellion and father/child relationships.
Nowadays, parents try to stop their children from thinking differently from them. they say "my generation is right and your generation should be like mine." back then, in russia, i guess it was like "your generation is making progress on mine and i want to learn the new things you guys are coming up with." like, older people respected the progress their children were trying to make. pretty different and interesting.
i learned a lot of things about russian culture at that time, but that's what i found most interesting."
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