Ivan Turgenev
Fathers and Children
Translated by Constance Garnett
Classic Books Press
Fathers and Children
Ivan Turgenev · Translated by Constance Garnett
English · 1862 · Fiction
Turgenev's novel sets the young nihilist Bazarov against an older generation of Russian gentry, read for its portrait of generational and ideological conflict.
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Chapter I “Well, Piotr, not in sight yet?” was the question asked on May the… Chapter II “Let me shake myself first, daddy,” said Arkady, in a voice tired… Chapter III “So here you are, a graduate at last, and come home again,” said… Chapter IV No crowd of house-serfs ran out on to the steps to meet the… Chapter V The next morning Bazarov woke up earlier than anyone and went out of… Chapter VI Bazarov came back, sat down to the table, and began hastily drinking… Chapter VII Pavel Petrovitch Kirsanov was educated first at home, like his… Chapter VIII Pavel Petrovitch did not long remain present at his brother’s… Chapter IX On the same day Bazarov made acquaintance with Fenitchka. He was… Chapter X About a fortnight passed by. Life at Maryino went on its accustomed… Chapter XI Half an hour later Nikolai Petrovitch went into the garden to his… Chapter XII The town of X⸺ to which our friends set off was in the jurisdiction… Chapter XIII The small gentleman’s house in the Moscow style, in which Avdotya… Chapter XIV A few days later the ball at the Governor’s took place. Matvy Ilyitch… Chapter XV “Let’s see what species of mammalia this specimen belongs to,”… Chapter XVI The country-house in which Anna Sergyevna lived stood on an exposed… Chapter XVII Time, it is well known, sometimes flies like a bird, sometimes crawls… Chapter XVIII The following morning when Madame Odintsov came down to morning tea… Chapter XIX Great as was Madame Odintsov’s self-control, and superior as she was… Chapter XX Bazarov leaned out of the coach, while Arkady thrust his head out… Chapter XXI On getting up Arkady opened the window, and the first object that met… Chapter XXII In silence, only rarely exchanging a few insignificant words, our… Chapter XXIII Having seen Arkady off with ironical compassion, and given him to… Chapter XXIV Two hours later he knocked at Bazarov’s door. Chapter XXV At Nikolskoe Katya and Arkady were sitting in the garden on a turf… Chapter XXVI The deceased Odintsov had not liked innovations, but he had tolerated… Chapter XXVII Bazarov’s old parents were all the more overjoyed by their son’s… Chapter XXVIII Six months had passed by. White winter had come with the cruel… Get a printed copy via Print-on-Demand
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