Oblomow by Ivan Goncharov
A dreamy, aristocratic landowner is paralyzed by habitual inertia and nostalgia for an idealized rural past; while his pragmatic friend and a spirited woman try to rouse him into purposeful work and social engagement, his chronic passivity, attachment to comfort, and fear of change lead him to surrender to domestic dependence and emotional stagnation, offering a satirical but sympathetic critique of the complacency and wasted potential of the Russian gentry in a time of social change.
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- Published
- 1859
- Nationality
- Russian
- Length
- Moderate
- Pages
- 400-450 pages
- Original Language
- Russian
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- Alternate Titles
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- Oblomoff
- Обломов
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