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
First publication in Vestnik Evropy
1916 English translation title page
Oblomov
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Oblomov 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 superfluo
The Precipice (Goncharov novel)
…The author considered it to be his most definitive work, in which he fully realized his grand artistic ambition. Less successful than its predecessor Oblomov (1859), The Precipice is still regarded as one of the classics of Russian literature. According to Goncharov, the idea of the third novel came to him…
Oblomov russ 1859
Title page of the 1915 English translation by C. J. Hogarth
1964 playbill for Oblomov, when it was still being presented as a serious drama.