provincial Russia · 1862 · citedFathers and Sons
Ivan Turgenev
The young graduate Arkady brings his friend Bazarov, a self-declared nihilist who believes in nothing but science and reason, home to his father's estate, and the clash between the generations plays out across the estates and towns of provincial Russia. Turgenev maps a real rural world: the Kirsanov estate of Maryino, the provincial town and its society, the estate where Bazarov meets the woman who defeats his creed, and the humble farm of his devoted parents.
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