Oblomov (Обломов) is a novel by Russian writer Ivan Goncharov, first published in 1859. 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 ...
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(from the article `Goncharov, Ivan Aleksandrovich`) ...the first was Obyknovennaya istoriya (1847; A Common Story, 1917), a novel that immediately made his reputation when it was acclaimed by the ... ...allows the girl who loves him to marry another, and lets himself be drawn into a duel in which he kills his best friend. The most extre...
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