Oblomov (Penguin Classics)

Ilya Ilyich Oblomov is a member of Russia´s dying aristocracy - a man so lazy that he has given up his job in the Civil Service, neglected his books, insulted his friends and found himself in debt. Too apathetic to do anything about his problems, he lives in a grubby, crumbling apartment, waited on by Zakhar, his equally idle servant. Terrified by the bustle and activity necessary to participate in the real world, Oblomov manages to avoid work and postpone change, and - finally- risks losing the love of his life. Written with sympathetic Russia on his publication in 1859, as readers saw, is this story of a man whose defining characteristic is indolence, the portrait of an entire class in decline.

Romance / Ficção / Literatura Estrangeira