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Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov ( / ˈɡɒntʃərɒf /, also US: /- rɔːf /; [1] Russian: Ива́н Алекса́ндрович Гончаро́в, romanized: Iván Aleksándrovich Goncharóv, IPA: [ɪˈvan ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪdʑ ɡənʲtɕɪˈrof]; 18 June [ O.S. 6 June] 1812 – 27 September [ O.S. 15 September] 1891 [2]) was a Russian ...
Oblomov (Russian: Обломов; [ɐˈbɫoməf]) is the second novel by Russian writer Ivan Goncharov, first published in 1859. 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.
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Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov was a Russian novelist and travel writer, whose highly esteemed novels dramatize social change in Russia and contain some of Russian literature’s most vivid and memorable characters. Goncharov was born into a wealthy merchant family and, after graduating from Moscow.
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Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov was a Russian novelist best known for his novels The Same Old Story, Oblomov (1859), and The Precipice. He also served in many official capacities, including the position of censor.
June 18, 1812. Died. September 27, 1891. Genre. Fiction. edit data. Russian novelist Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov (/ˈɡɒntʃəˌrɔːf, -ˌrɒf/; Russian: Ива́н Алекса́ндрович Гончаро́в), best known for his novels A Common Story (1847), Oblomov (1859), and The Precipice (1869). He also served in many official ...
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Nov 17, 2015 · The Same Old Story by Ivan Goncharov review – the debut novel from a Russian master. He’s best known for Oblomov, but Goncharov’s first novel, featuring a silly would-be poet and his ...
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.
