Ivan Gontsjarov

Oblomov is de bekendste roman van de Russische schrijver Ivan Gontsjarov. De roman, die in 1858 voor het eerst verscheen, is genoemd naar de hoofdpersoon, de jonge en genereuze Russische edelman Ilja Oblomov die niet in staat is besluiten te nemen of tot actie over te gaan. De eerste 150 bladzijden van het boek kan …

On the Eve is the third novel by famous Russian writer Ivan Turgenev, best known for his short stories and the novel Fathers and Sons. Turgenev embellishes this love story with observations on middle class life and interposes some art and philosophy. Nikolay Dobrolyubov was critical of On the Eve, offending Turgenev.

The Precipice is the third novel by Ivan Goncharov, first published in January–May 1869 issues of Vestnik Evropy magazine. The novel, conceived in 1849, took twenty years to be completed and has been preceded by the publication of the three extracts: "Sophja Nikolayevna Belovodova", "Grandmother" and "Portrait". The …