Bazarov is a nihilist who scorns the purposelessness of everything but science—until he falls in love. His friend, Arkady Kirsanov, tries to embrace nihilism, but finally submits to the comforts of a traditional life...

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Bazarov is a nihilist who scorns the purposelessness of everything but science—until he falls in love. His friend, Arkady Kirsanov, tries to embrace nihilism, but finally submits to the comforts of a traditional life. A depiction of the ideological divide between two generations, “Fathers and Sons” is one of the first modern Russian novels.

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