Author: Goncharov, I. A.
Title: Oblomov. Roman V Chetyrekh Chastiakh
Description: Berlin: I. P. Ladyzhnikova, 1919. First edition thus; 5 x 7 ½; pp. [4], 5-657, [1]; original embossed brown buckram; gilt title to spine; minor fading to boards and wear; near fine condition. Goncharov’s Oblomov, his second and best known novel, was first printed in 1859 in the literary magazine Otechestvennye Zapiski. It had evolved from the short story Son Oblomova, published a few years earlier, which was eventually incorporated as a chapter in the finished novel. Uproariously popular, the work and the main character inspired the creation of the literary term ‘Oblomovshchina’ (Oblomovism) to describe a person possessing personality traits such as extreme laziness and inertia. Ill.: 0. 2.

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