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Fathers and Sons Annotated And Illustrated Book

出版	Independently Published, 2020-09-29
主題	Fiction / General
ISBN	9798691848988
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=iFXmzQEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋The story starts on the 20th of May, 1859, when Nikolai Kirsanov, the son of a Russian general, waits for the arrival of his son. The reader is provided with some biographical information about Nikolai Kirsanov and it is revealed that he was raised in South and has another brother named Pavel. Nikolai was supposed to follow a career in the military but because he broke his leg on the day he was commissioned, his father sent him to Petersburg and enrolled him into a University. Nikolai remained there for a few years and in the in the year when Nikolai finished his studies, his father had a stroke and died and his mother followed shortly after.Nikolai married with his landlord's daughter and had one son together named Arkady. Ten years after their son's birth, Nikolai's wife also died and Nikolai raised his son alone. Nikolai accompanied his son to Petersburg instead and enrolled him in the University of Petersburg. But because Nikolai was getting older, he was forced to return to his home to his countryside and wait for his son to return home. The story then returns to the present time, when Nikolai keeps on watching the road until he sees a carriage caring his son so he runs to greet him. Arkady doesn't come alone, but with his friend Bazarov and they all get into carriages and head toward Nikolai's house.On the way home, Arkady asks about his uncle Pavel but his father tells him that Pavel sent word that he changed his mind at the last minute and didn't come to see him. Next, they talk about Bazarov and Arkady praises him and his intelligence. When they pass by some peasants, Nikolai tells his son that they have been refusing to pay their taxes but Arkady cuts him off, more preoccupied if they will have shade or not once they arrive.