Ivan Goncharov

Ivan Alexandrovich Goncharov (1812-1891) was a Russian novelist who achieved literary fame later in life, after a career in the civil-service which spanned more than thirty years. His first novel, "A Common Story", was a definitive success and his notoriety was cemented with the publication of his second novel, "Oblomov", in 1850. Based on a short story written a year prior, "Oblomov" is about a cultured, intelligent, upper middle class man experiencing...

A gold portfolio of world literature” - is a collection of electronic books that includes the best works of world literature. It represents extremely comprehensive list of widely read books. «oblomov» - is a novel by I. Goncharov in which the author describes another example of a « superfluous man» in Russian society of Xix century. The lead character is a representative of landed gentry - he got used to a gentle flow of rural living, in which...

Based on a novel by the Russian writer Ivan Goncharov, this dramatic comedy features his eponymous hero, Oblomov. A young man of considerable decency and kindness (with a "soul as clear as crystal"), Oblomov has fallen into such a state of lethargy that he resists even getting out of bed, finding every excuse possible to do absolutely nothing. All the efforts of his male and female friends to energize him ultimately fail in various hilarious ways....