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What it's about
Arkady Kirsanov comes home from university with his friend Bazarov, a young doctor who calls himself a nihilist and believes in nothing he cannot test. Bazarov's contempt for art, love and tradition sets him against Arkady's old-fashioned father and uncle, until he falls in love himself. The novel that made "nihilist" a household word; Garnett's translation, published as Fathers and Children.
Reading plan
Pick a finish date and Genius lays out the days — the plan shows today's target and keeps you honest.
Read together
Start a circle and share the code — everyone sees everyone's honest place in the book. Accountability, not leaderboards.
Who it's for
- Readers who like short novels about ideas and generations - Anyone interested in nineteenth-century Russia - Readers who enjoy a hero who is hard to like and hard to forget
What’s inside
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