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Seven Stories
01 August 2011
Set at the beginning of the nineteenth century, before the ideal of industrious modern man, when idleness was still looked upon by Russia's serf-owning rural gentry as a plausible and worthy goal, there was Oblomov. Indolent, inattentive, incurious, given to daydreaming and procrastination-indeed, given to any excuse to remain horizontal-Oblomov is hardly the stuff of heroes. Yet, he is impossible not to admire. He is forgiven for his weakness and beloved for his shining soul. Ivan Goncharov's masterpiece is not just ingenious social satire, but also a sharp criticism of nineteenth-century Russian society. Translator Marian Schwartz breathes new life into Goncharov's voice in this first translation from the generally recognized definitive edition of the Russian original, and the first as well to attempt to replicate in English Goncharov's wry humor and all-embracing humanity, chosen by Slate as one of the Best Books of 2008.
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Imprint:   Seven Stories
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 228mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 46mm
Weight:   761g
ISBN:   9781583228401
ISBN 10:   1583228403
Pages:   552
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Reviews for Oblomov

Oblomov is a truly great work, the likes of which one has not seen for a long time. I am in rapture over Oblomov and keep reading it. -Leo Tolstoy [Goncharov is] ten heads above me in talent. -Anton Chekhov


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