Ivan Goncharov
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Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov was a Russian novelist best known for his novels The Same Old Story, Oblomov, and The Precipice. He also served in many official capacities, including the position of cen
Portrait by Ivan Kramskoi, 1874
Plaque on the house in 20 Goncharova street in Ulyanovsk, where Goncharov was born in 1812
Portrait of Goncharov by Kirill Gorbunov, 1847
Title page of the 1915 English translation of Oblomov
The Precipice, also translated as Malinovka Heights, is the third and the last novel by Ivan Goncharov, first published in January–May 1869 issues of Vestnik Evropy magazine. The novel, conceived in 1
Ivan Goncharov
…15 September] 1891) was a Russian novelist best known for his novels The Same Old Story (1847, also translated as A Common Story), Oblomov (1859), and The Precipice (1869, also translated as Malinovka Heights). He also served in many official capacities, including the position of censor. Goncharov was born in…
First publication in Vestnik Evropy
1916 English translation title page