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Fathers and Sons
by Ivan Turgenev
I read about Turgenev many times before I sat down to this novel. He was a contemporary and friend of Flaubert, Dostoevsky and Tolstoy, the latter of which disliked him immensely and even challenged him to a duel. He was a certain type of character by all accounts so I was glad to finally read one of his more famous works. Early 19th century Rus authors aren't the easiest to read so I was surprised how accessible and moving this story was. This was interesting to read shortly after Dostoevsky's The Devils which also deals with the revolutionary social movements rippling across Europe at that time, causing upheaval in the traditional aristocratic classes. In any event, this is a great novel and Turgenev turns out to be worth the wait.