Fathers and Sons - Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev - Bog

Bazarov is a nihilist who scorns the purposelessness of everything but science-until he falls in love. His friend, Arkady Kirsanov, tries to embrace nihilism, but finally submits to the comforts of a traditional life. A depiction of the ideological divide between two generations, "Fathers and Sons" is one of the first modern Russian novels.