On the Eve, Fathers and Sons(selected translation masterworks) (ePub)

On the Eve, Fathers and Sons were composed by Ivan Turgenev. In the long novel On the Eve, aristocratic miss Elena dissatisfied with mediocre noble life and longed to act, but she failed to find ideal friend among Russian intellectuals.Then she met Bulgarian patriot Insarov, who dedicated all to national liberation. Elena fell in love with him and abandoned his noble family. Then they went to Bulgaria to attend the revolt against Turkey oppression. On their way to Bulgaria died and Elena decided to become a volunteer nurse and fulfill her husband's dream. While composing this novel, Turgenev believed Russia is on the eve of revolution to abolish serfdom. He put his ideal of "e;new man"e; on Elena and Insarov, who sacrificed themselves for the sake of national interests. However, at that time, Russia is confronted with revolution against serfdom. What Turgenev stressed is national interests and the union of various classes, covering the nature of Russian class struggle. In the novel of Fathers and Sons, the college student Bazarov, who was born as an ordinary person, paid a visit to the home of his classmate, who was an aristocrat. Because his nihilism conflicted with the liberism of his classmate's father's brother Pavel, the two debated against each other. The novel reflected the idea conflict between father and son, ordinary people and aristocrat and affirmed the leading role of plain intellectuals in the social struggle and revealed the incompetence and spiritual emptiness. This work triggered heated debate in the society after publicity.