Ilia Ilitch Oblomov
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Ilya Ilyich Oblomov is the central character of the novel, portrayed as the ultimate incarnation of the superfluous man, a symbolic character in 19th-century Russian literature. Oblomov is a young, generous nobleman who seems incapable of making important decisions or undertaking any significant actions.
- Ivan Goncharov
- 1859
May 10, 2017 · Oblomov is a gentle, lazy, and apathetic gentleman who spends most of his time lying in bed. The novel follows his adventures and misadventures in his personal and professional life, as well as his relationship with his valet Zakhar and his fiancée Olga.
Oblomov, novel by Russian writer Ivan Goncharov, published in 1859. The work is a powerful critique of 19th-century Russia, contrasting aristocrats with the merchant class and condemning the feudal system. Its hero, Oblomov, is a generous but indecisive young nobleman who loses the woman he loves.
- Ivan Goncharov
- 1859
Even though Ivan Goncharov wrote several books that were widely read and discussed during his lifetime, today he is remembered for one novel, Oblomov, published in 1859, an indisputable classic of Russian literature, the artistic stature and cultural significance of which may be compared only to other such masterpieces as Nikolai Gogol's Dead ...
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Feb 20, 2007 · When he meets a young intelligent girl, Oblomov seems to wake from his hibernation and he starts changing his ways of life but all in vain – inertness doesn’t let him go and he is pushed back into the mire of his inactivity for good.
May 10, 2017 · Project Gutenberg. 73,850 free eBooks. 5 by Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov. Oblomov by Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov.
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Jan 1, 2010 · Set at the beginning of the nineteenth century, when idleness was still looked upon by Russia's serf-owning rural gentry as a plausible and worthy goal, Ivan Goncharov's Oblomov follows the...
