Name: A Common Story
SKU: 64842891
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Author: Constance Garnett;Ivan Gontcharoff
ISBN: 9780571246533

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Publisher

Faber and Faber

Author

Constance Garnett;Ivan Gontcharoff

Year

2008

Pages

288

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.1x12.4x2.5 cm

ISBN13

9780571246533

A Common Story

Constance Garnett;Ivan Gontcharoff (Author) · Faber and Faber · Paperback

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Synopsis "A Common Story"

Ivan Gontcharoff is best known for his second novel, Oblomov. Its plot concerns his departure from the countryside to St Petersburg to pursue a bureaucratic career and his mother trying to prevent him, pointing out the superior qualities of the countryside.

Ivan Gontcharoff is best known for his second novel, Oblomov. One might say, only known, but, while his output was small, he did write two other novels, some short stories and some travel pieces. A Common Story was his first novel, published in 1847. It opens with its hero, Alexandr Fedoritch asleep. Its plot concerns his departure from the countryside to St Petersburg to pursue a bureaucratic career and his mother trying to prevent him, pointing out the superior qualities of the countryside. The title of the novel is a reference to the time-honoured psychological tension between son and mother. Many of the themes Gontcharoff developed more fully in Oblomov are first seen here.