Dimensions
120 x 120 x 17mm
An Everyman Classic.
Turgenev's lyrical tale of the problems of progress and reaction is set in the twilight years of the Russian aristocracy. Yevgeny Bazarov, an angry young radical, holds scientific truth and useful knowledge above all else. Poetry, the beauty of art, faith in human nature are romantic rubbish. When Bazarov is invited to the country by fellow student and disciple Arkady Kirsanov, the clash between his ideas and the traditional liberal values of Kirsanov's father and uncle is inevitable. Even Kirsanov begins to react against Bazarov's espousal of destructive nihilism. Ironically, it is love - the idea Bazarov mocks above all - which wounds him most when he discovers that the laws of passion are as heartless as the brutal reason he advocates.
This is the most comprehensive edition available, with introduction, notes, selected criticism and chronology of Turgenev's life and times.
