Fathers and Children(1860-1861)

A young man named Arkady Kirsanov returns home to his father's estate with his friend, Yevgeny Bazarov, a nihilistic student. Bazarov is studying to be a doctor and plans to join the people. He rejects all authority, continuously arguing with his landowner father and Arkady's aristocratic uncle, who both hold liberal views. But, even a nihilist cannot resist love…

The novel is dubbed the "artistic apogee" of Turgenev's work. Productions based on the work have been staged in many Moscow theaters, as well as in Canada and London. 

Translated by Constance Garnett, Publisher Heinemann, 1906