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oh, and nossy Send a noteboard - 17/10/2010 06:42:38 PM
I was fascinated by Bazarov. In the beginning I took a very strong dislike to him. I really, really cannot stand the type. He is brash, he takes pleasure in dismissing things out of hand, without really backing that up with any sort of understanding. His only claim to authority is his lack of authority, and that really is ... bogus. I couldn't agree more with Pavel Petrovich's comment that

The fact is that previously they were simply dunces and now they've suddenly become nihilists.


I loved that comment as well, but not because of Bazarov. I got the impression that Turgenev was allowing Pavel to be right about some in the movement, but also to make him miss the mark on Bazarov. Even though I do agree that B was awful in the beginning, Turgenev was already teaching us that he was richer than that. (I decided conclusively when Sitnikov and Kukshina showed up - Turgenev gave us perfect examples to show the range.)
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Russian Book Club: Fathers and Sons by Turgenev. Tom - 17/10/2010 01:39:16 AM 1027 Views
Bazarov Camilla - 17/10/2010 02:12:03 PM 856 Views
never mind *NM* Camilla - 17/10/2010 02:15:16 PM 353 Views
The novel is very interested in inter-generational issues. Tom - 17/10/2010 05:28:29 PM 756 Views
Re: The novel is very interested in inter-generational issues. Camilla - 17/10/2010 11:59:37 PM 834 Views
oh, and nossy - 17/10/2010 06:42:38 PM 745 Views
Re: oh, and Camilla - 18/10/2010 12:09:10 AM 722 Views
I like the way you said that nossy - 19/10/2010 05:31:05 AM 765 Views
Re: I like the way you said that Camilla - 19/10/2010 09:24:00 AM 717 Views
I had pretty much the same reaction as you. Rebekah - 22/10/2010 07:05:37 PM 796 Views
Arkady Camilla - 17/10/2010 02:15:54 PM 709 Views
Well, that makes sense Tom - 17/10/2010 05:12:09 PM 707 Views
Re: Well, that makes sense Camilla - 18/10/2010 12:04:05 AM 717 Views
According to a footnote in my (Dutch) copy... Legolas - 18/10/2010 10:55:22 PM 742 Views
Ясень and ясный Tom - 18/10/2010 11:41:24 PM 726 Views
See, I liked Arkady nossy - 17/10/2010 06:08:57 PM 650 Views
Re: See, I liked Arkady Camilla - 18/10/2010 12:13:49 AM 692 Views
hm. nossy - 18/10/2010 01:06:44 AM 792 Views
Re: hm. Camilla - 18/10/2010 11:46:23 AM 939 Views
Re: hm. nossy - 19/10/2010 05:38:02 AM 747 Views
Re: See, I liked Arkady Legolas - 18/10/2010 10:51:59 PM 694 Views
Re: Arkady Rebekah - 22/10/2010 07:09:14 PM 734 Views
Oh...Rebekah, I was going to mention that I saw your post only much later because I was very drunk. Tom - 17/10/2010 05:13:41 PM 737 Views
Heh, no worries. Rebekah - 18/10/2010 11:07:00 AM 669 Views
Good book. nossy - 17/10/2010 06:37:16 PM 760 Views
Agreed. Camilla - 18/10/2010 11:55:11 AM 834 Views
Re: Agreed. nossy - 19/10/2010 06:02:18 AM 756 Views
Re: Agreed. Camilla - 19/10/2010 09:26:25 AM 665 Views
I didn't think Odintsova trapped him. Legolas - 18/10/2010 11:03:37 PM 725 Views
Re: I didn't think Odintsova trapped him. Camilla - 18/10/2010 11:31:40 PM 796 Views
Re: I didn't think Odintsova trapped him. nossy - 19/10/2010 05:13:26 AM 726 Views
I think you might be overanalyzing the birch tree statement. Tom - 18/10/2010 11:45:12 PM 696 Views
I disagree nossy - 19/10/2010 05:27:07 AM 751 Views
I loved it. Great book. Legolas - 18/10/2010 10:49:27 PM 682 Views
Re: I loved it. Great book. Camilla - 18/10/2010 11:33:42 PM 663 Views
I think it's very relevant. It's also unusually un-Russian. Tom - 18/10/2010 11:54:03 PM 656 Views
Yeah... the Russian nobility at the time seems to have been kind of un-Russian, really. Legolas - 20/10/2010 04:03:34 PM 727 Views
It felt very Russian to me as well Camilla - 20/10/2010 04:12:50 PM 660 Views
There was little of the usual ... histrionics that happen in Russian novels. Rebekah - 22/10/2010 07:02:12 PM 722 Views
Most of the histrionics are Dostoevsky manifestations. Tom - 22/10/2010 10:52:52 PM 757 Views
I really wish I'd bought a properly annotated version. Rebekah - 22/10/2010 07:07:16 PM 763 Views
The answer to that is to just read a great book on Nineteenth Century Russian history. Tom - 22/10/2010 10:55:06 PM 735 Views
Can you recommend one? Rebekah - 22/10/2010 10:55:56 PM 1015 Views
"One" is where it starts to get harder. Tom - 23/10/2010 01:45:03 AM 748 Views
Not just Russian, though, there's a lot of mentions of other European history. Legolas - 22/10/2010 11:19:28 PM 678 Views
Nikolai and Pavel - I love them. Rebekah - 22/10/2010 07:14:11 PM 837 Views
Perhaps it's Pavel's "The Chap"-ish nature that makes the novel seem less Russian to me. Tom - 22/10/2010 10:53:56 PM 802 Views
Ah, that's a good point. Rebekah - 22/10/2010 10:54:56 PM 673 Views
The women Rebekah - 22/10/2010 07:18:45 PM 769 Views
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