Fathers and Sons
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Chapter 1  Chapter 2  Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28
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All Themes Tradition and Progress Nature vs. Materialism Love vs. Nihilism Generational Conflict
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All Characters Arkady Nikolayevich Kirsanov Yevgeny Vassilyich Bazarov Nikolai Petrovich Kirsanov Pavel Petrovich Kirsanov Madame Anna Sergeyevna Odintsov Katya Odintsov Fedosya Nikolayevna (Fenichka) Vassily Ivanych Bazarov Arina Vlassyevna Bazarov Victor Sitnikov Masha Prepolovensky Princess R. (Nellie)
Terms
All Terms Nihilism
Symbols
All Symbols Nature
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Fathers and Sons

by

Ivan Turgenev
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Nature

In Fathers and Sons, nature symbolizes the enduring, irrepressible vitality of the world. Turgenev uses nature in this way as a pointed critique of nihilism, which views the natural world as a mechanical…

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