Vaders en Zonen

Summary

"Vaders en Zonen" by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev is a novel published in 1862. When university graduate Arkady returns home with his radical friend Bazarov, their nihilist philosophy clashes with the older generation's traditional values. As tensions mount between the young idealists and their elders, romantic entanglements complicate matters further. Bazarov's cynical worldview faces its greatest test when he unexpectedly falls in love, forcing him to confront feelings that contradict everything he believes in. (This is an automatically generated summary.)