Summary “Fathers and Children” by Turgenev
The novel begins on May 20, 1859. A young man who just graduated from university, Arkady Kirsanov goes to the inn where his father is waiting for him – Nikolai Petrovich. Nikolai Petrovich Kirsanov is now 43 years old, but he does not look very young. He worries before meeting with his son. Moreover, the son does not go alone – together with him, his student friend Evgeny Vasilyevich Bazarov should come to the estate.
Nikolai Petrovich devoted his entire life to the education of his son. Even when Arkady was already a student, Nikolai Petrovich lived in Petersburg with him, got acquainted with his friends and tried to understand what modern young people live by. My wife Nikolai Petrovich died 12 years ago, and now son Arkady and brother Pavel Petrovich were the people closest to him. True, there was a girl named Fenechka, whom Nikolai Petrovich loved, and who had a child from him, but this fact the landowner tried to keep secret from his son for the time being.
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In the provincial town of Bazarov and younger Kirsanov meet those who consider themselves followers of Bazarov – Sitnikov and Kukshin. They do not learn anything and do not acquire any profession, but their nihilism has reached such an extent that they leave far behind even Bazarov himself.
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Having arrived at Anna Sergeyevna’s home, the friends get acquainted with her younger sister Katya, with whom Arkady is approaching.
Bazarov leaves Anna Sergeyevna, because she does not want to become a “slave to her passion,” and wants to remain independent of everything. Odintsov does not protest against his departure, since he also believes that the main thing is not tranquility but calm.
Bazarov goes to his parents, but can not live with them without experiencing boredom, and a couple of days. He returns to the estate to Kirsanov, where, because of his liberty in relation to Fenechka, he is forced to fight a duel with Pavel Petrovich. Bazarov easily injures him and himself provides first aid. But after this duel Pavel Petrovich begins to insist that his brother marry Fenechka, although earlier he actively opposed this.
Bazarov parted with Arkady and Odintsova and moved to live with her parents. Soon, opening the body of a person who died of typhus, he becomes infected and dies. Before his death, he is explained with Odintsov, who comes to say goodbye to him. Six months after these events, there are two weddings at once: Arkady is crowned with Katya, and Nikolai Petrovich with Fenechka. Arkady takes over the management of the estate and achieves a great success in this. Nikolai Petrovich is engaged in public work. Pavel Petrovich is leaving to live in Dresden. And on the grave of Bazarov often come his elderly parents and grieve about the untimely departed from their son.
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