Fathers and Sons
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Fathers and Sons

by Ivan Turgenev
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Introduction Intro
Plot Summary Plot
Summary & Analysis
  • 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
Themes
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  • Tradition and Progress Theme Icon
    Tradition and Progress
  • Nature vs. Materialism Theme Icon
    Nature vs. Materialism
  • Love vs. Nihilism Theme Icon
    Love vs. Nihilism
  • Generational Conflict Theme Icon
    Generational Conflict
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Characters
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  • 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)
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  • Nihilism
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  • Nature Symbol Icon
    Nature
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Nihilism

The nihilist movement (in Latin, nihil means “nothing”) was a Russian philosophical movement that picked up steam in the 1860s, and the term was popularized by Fathers and Sons. Though the movement is difficult… read analysis of Nihilism
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