Project Gutenberg 2016-11-26 Public domain in the USA. 158 Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich 1818 1883 Тургенев, Иван Сергеевич Tourgueneff, Ivan Turgénieff, Iván Toergenev, Ivan Turgenjeff, Iwan Turgenev, I. S. Turgenieff, Iwan Saalborn, Arn. 1888 1973 Saalborn, Arnold Louis Bernard Vaders en Zonen Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fathers_and_Sons_(novel) Translation of: Отцы и дети. Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg. "Vaders en Zonen" by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The story revolves around the generational conflict and differing ideologies between the aging landowner Nikolaas Petrowitsj Kirsanof and his son Arkadiej, as well as Arkadiej's friend Bazarof, who represents a new, nihilistic worldview. This narrative sets the stage for an exploration of themes like social change, familial relationships, and the clash of traditional and modern values in Russian society. At the start of the novel, we meet Nikolaas Petrowitsj, a landowner eagerly awaiting the return of his son Arkadiej from university, who has completed his studies. As Arkadiej arrives with his friend Bazarof, the family dynamics and the societal context begin to unfold. Nikolaas is depicted as loving yet somewhat anxious and traditional, while Arkadiej embodies youthful optimism tinged with modern ideas, specifically those put forth by Bazarof, a nihilist. The opening introduces us to these complex relationships and the societal tensions of the period, setting the foundation for the ensuing conflict over ideologies and their implications for the family and greater society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 76.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. nl Historical fiction Fathers and sons -- Fiction Domestic fiction Russia -- Social life and customs -- 1533-1917 -- Fiction Russia -- Social conditions -- 1801-1917 -- Fiction Nihilism (Philosophy) -- Fiction PG Text Category: Novels Category: Russian Literature 580699 2025-07-21T10:36:35.704370 text/html 561264 2024-10-23T01:26:24 text/html 361908 2025-07-21T10:36:46.983345 application/epub+zip 361215 2025-07-21T10:36:38.750362 application/epub+zip 296442 2025-07-21T10:36:37.172363 application/epub+zip 539644 2025-07-21T10:36:52.250248 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 480066 2025-07-21T10:36:45.641348 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 376886 2022-09-24T11:07:34.480427 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 433046 2025-07-21T10:36:33.970352 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 413261 2024-10-23T01:26:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19607 2025-07-21T10:36:52.498262 application/rdf+xml 18830 2025-07-21T10:36:37.297368 image/jpeg 2957 2025-07-21T10:36:37.237338 image/jpeg 304248 2025-07-21T10:36:35.784379 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia