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Title: Fathers and Sons
Author: Ivan Turgenev
Narrator: David Horovitch
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-01-09
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 114 votes
Genres: Classics, World Literature
Publisher's Summary:
When Arkady Petrovich comes home from college, his father finds his eager, naive son changed almost beyond recognition, for the impressionable Arkady has fallen under the powerful influence of the friend he has brought with him.
A self-proclaimed nihilist, the ardent young Bazarov shocks Arkady's father by criticising the landowning way of life and by his outspoken determination to sweep away the traditional values of contemporary Russian society.
Members Reviews:
Romantic Russian Novel
The perfect realistic Russian 19th century novel with all the loose ends tied at the end. Love conquers all. Has a wry good humored understanding of human nature and makes gentle fun of mens foibles.
The greatest novel I'll ever read
Any additional comments?
I'm not even going to attempt to write a review, it would be impossible for me to put into any words how personal this book is for me, how much it means to me, how stunningly beautiful, sad, insightful, and perfect this novel is.
I'm not sure I ever need to read another novel again.
Fathers and Sons is perfect. I'm in love with it.
I enjoyed this more than I thought I would
Everybody sleeping on my man Turgenev. This novel to me is right up there with the other 19th century Russian classics, I'm talking Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Chekhov, Gogol all that. I might even say it's more readable than some of the other ones, though that could be because I listened to it rather than read it.
But yeah, I would say this is one of them old school jump offs that still goes in to this day. I mean, I don't know about everybody else but to me, I think it's still worth reading. Matter fact I read this while reading The Perks of Being a Wallflower at the same time and I actually enjoyed this one more, which surprised even me, cuz that book came highly recommended. But I would recommend anyone give Turgenev a shot. Especially if you like them classic novels. I know I'll definitely be reading more of his books.
Closing the Circle
Oddly, I despised the character Bazarov for much of the book. He grew on me, though as his character matures throughout the book. As time went by my opinion changed to pity, respect, and ultimately admiration. It wasn't until the end that I even realized he is the main character. I mistook Arkady as the mc, originally. But, in the end the whole story fleshes out very well and is an admirable literary treasure.
An amazing work, full of the many facets of family; Ivan Turgenev 's classic stitches together the lives of parents and children. I've read almost every major work of Feodor Dostoyevsky's, and a few of Leo Tolstoy's works, but now with this first foray into Ivan Turgenev's novels, it feels like closing the circle.
Dostoyevsky is my favorite of the three, by far, but I'd think Turgenev is a bit simpler. It would possibly be an easier introduction into the work of all three... or at least Fathers and Sons would be. It really is a relief to have found new territory here to fill my reading list, since I've all but exhausted Dostoyevsky's work.
Though the title refers to Parents and their children, the book goes much further into the meaning of love, and the enduring relationships between husbands and wives, and brothers.
classic tale of love, family, and nihilism
loved it, not bogged down by too many characters, and full of good quotes and insights.
