Fathers And Sons

Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1984. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1984. Near Fine/no dj as issued. Fathers and Sons, Russian, translated more literally as Fathers and Children, is an 1862 novel by Ivan Turgenev Arkady Kirsanov has just graduated from the University of Petersburg and returns with a friend, Bazarov, to his father's modest estate in an outlying province of Russia His father, Nikolai, gladly receives the two young men at his estate, called Maryino, but Nikolai's brother, Pavel, soon becomes upset by the strange new philosophy called "nihilism" which the young men advocate. Nikolai, initially delighted to have his son return home, slowly begins to feel unease, and a certain awkwardness . This volume includes a letter signed by the published, Joseph Sloves, explaining his fascination regarding this book's origin and its author Ivan Turgenev. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1984. This book is Near Fine condition. Quarter bound leather, genuine leather bound spine with traditional cloth covered boards. Silk page marker, Blue and white marbled end papers. 22k gold lettering and stampings on the spine and cover, Printed on acid free archival paper to prevent page yellowing over time. Pages that are sewn not glued into the binding. Gold gilded page edges on all three sides. This volume includes a letter signed by the published, Joseph Sloves, explaining his fascination regarding this book's origin and its author Ivan Turgenev.