A Common Story

Name: A Common Story
Author: Ivan Goncharov

by Ivan Goncharov

Novella depicting idealistic young man's hopes defeated by pragmatic uncle's worldview

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Ivan Goncharov

Russian novelist best known for Oblomov, a masterpiece of psychological realism that introduced the concept of 'Oblomovism' to describe passive inertia. His works critique the stagnation of the Russian landed gentry.

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