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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 853 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 753 Views
Re: The novel is very interested in inter-generational issues. Camilla - 17/10/2010 11:59:37 PM 832 Views
oh, and nossy - 17/10/2010 06:42:38 PM 743 Views
Re: oh, and Camilla - 18/10/2010 12:09:10 AM 720 Views
I like the way you said that nossy - 19/10/2010 05:31:05 AM 762 Views
Re: I like the way you said that Camilla - 19/10/2010 09:24:00 AM 714 Views
I had pretty much the same reaction as you. Rebekah - 22/10/2010 07:05:37 PM 794 Views
Arkady Camilla - 17/10/2010 02:15:54 PM 707 Views
Well, that makes sense Tom - 17/10/2010 05:12:09 PM 703 Views
Re: Well, that makes sense Camilla - 18/10/2010 12:04:05 AM 716 Views
According to a footnote in my (Dutch) copy... Legolas - 18/10/2010 10:55:22 PM 739 Views
Ясень and ясный Tom - 18/10/2010 11:41:24 PM 723 Views
See, I liked Arkady nossy - 17/10/2010 06:08:57 PM 648 Views
Re: See, I liked Arkady Camilla - 18/10/2010 12:13:49 AM 689 Views
hm. nossy - 18/10/2010 01:06:44 AM 791 Views
Re: hm. Camilla - 18/10/2010 11:46:23 AM 936 Views
Re: hm. nossy - 19/10/2010 05:38:02 AM 745 Views
Re: See, I liked Arkady Legolas - 18/10/2010 10:51:59 PM 691 Views
Re: Arkady Rebekah - 22/10/2010 07:09:14 PM 731 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 735 Views
Heh, no worries. Rebekah - 18/10/2010 11:07:00 AM 666 Views
Good book. nossy - 17/10/2010 06:37:16 PM 757 Views
Agreed. Camilla - 18/10/2010 11:55:11 AM 830 Views
Re: Agreed. nossy - 19/10/2010 06:02:18 AM 755 Views
Re: Agreed. Camilla - 19/10/2010 09:26:25 AM 664 Views
I didn't think Odintsova trapped him. Legolas - 18/10/2010 11:03:37 PM 723 Views
Re: I didn't think Odintsova trapped him. Camilla - 18/10/2010 11:31:40 PM 793 Views
Re: I didn't think Odintsova trapped him. nossy - 19/10/2010 05:13:26 AM 725 Views
I think you might be overanalyzing the birch tree statement. Tom - 18/10/2010 11:45:12 PM 692 Views
I disagree nossy - 19/10/2010 05:27:07 AM 747 Views
I loved it. Great book. Legolas - 18/10/2010 10:49:27 PM 678 Views
Re: I loved it. Great book. Camilla - 18/10/2010 11:33:42 PM 661 Views
I think it's very relevant. It's also unusually un-Russian. Tom - 18/10/2010 11:54:03 PM 653 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 725 Views
It felt very Russian to me as well Camilla - 20/10/2010 04:12:50 PM 657 Views
There was little of the usual ... histrionics that happen in Russian novels. Rebekah - 22/10/2010 07:02:12 PM 718 Views
Most of the histrionics are Dostoevsky manifestations. Tom - 22/10/2010 10:52:52 PM 754 Views
I really wish I'd bought a properly annotated version. Rebekah - 22/10/2010 07:07:16 PM 760 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 734 Views
Can you recommend one? Rebekah - 22/10/2010 10:55:56 PM 1013 Views
"One" is where it starts to get harder. Tom - 23/10/2010 01:45:03 AM 744 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 835 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 799 Views
Ah, that's a good point. Rebekah - 22/10/2010 10:54:56 PM 671 Views
The women Rebekah - 22/10/2010 07:18:45 PM 767 Views
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