Book :: Oblomov
| By: | Ivan Goncharov |
| Pages: | 443 |
| Published: | 1859 |
| Genre(s): | Russia |
| Humor | |
| Literary Fiction | |
| Rating: | (3) |
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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 travails of an unlikely hero, a young aristocrat incapable of making a decision. Indolent, inattentive, incurious, given to daydreaming and procrastination, Oblomov clearly predates the ideal of the...
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red13x
This book started off okay, then the long, weird dream chapter made me want to put it down for good... However, from this point onwards I really got into Oblomov and I recommend giving it a go. I think we've all had weekends (or weeks!) of being just like Oblomov.
Jan 4th, 2017
forline
I read this in French because I couldn't find an English translation....in any language, this is a hoot!!!!!
Nov 9th, 2015
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82nd on The Novel 100 by Daniel S. Bert
