Oblomov: A Russian Novel of Idleness
Sep 2026 · Aeneas Press
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A landowner spends the first hundred and fifty pages trying to get out of bed, and the rest of the book proving he was right not to bother. Goncharov gave Russian the word oblomovism for the national disease of the will, and the novel is far funnier and sadder than the diagnosis suggests. This edition carries C. J. Hogarth's translation and fifty-five plates of painting bound with the text, among them Fedotov, Shishkin and Repin.
A landowner spends the first hundred and fifty pages trying to get out of bed, and the rest of the book proving he was right not to bother. Goncharov gave Russian the word oblomovism for the national disease of the will, and the novel is far funnier and sadder than the diagnosis suggests. This ed...
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Ivan Goncharov (1812-1891) was a Russian novelist born in Simbirsk into a merchant family. He worked as a government censor for much of his life and sailed round the world as secretary to a naval expedition. His works include A Common Story, Oblomov, The Precipice, and The Frigate Pallada.
Ivan Goncharov (1812-1891) was a Russian novelist born in Simbirsk into a merchant family. He worked as a government censor for much of his life and sailed round the world as secretary to a naval expedition. His works include A Common Story, Oblomov, The Precipice, and The Frigate Pallada.
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