Ivan Goncharov

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in Simbirsk, Russian Federation

June 18, 1812

died

September 27, 1891

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Ivan Alexandrovich Goncharov (Russian: Иван Александрович Гончаров) was a Russian novelist best known as the author of Oblomov (1859).

Иван Александрович Гончаров русский писатель; член-корреспондент Императорской Академии наук по Разряду Русского языка и словесности (1860).

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	Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov, Stephen Pearl (Translator), Galya Diment (Introduction) 3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 6,949 ratings — published 1857 — 107 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Same Old Story by Ivan Goncharov, Ivy Litvinova (Translator) 4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 174 ratings — published 1847 — 15 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Precipice 3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 1900 — 25 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Frigate Pallada by Ivan Goncharov, Klaus Goetze (Translator) 3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1858 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De Petersburgse pest by Ivan Goncharov, Arthur Langeveld (translator) 3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1838	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El mal del ímpetu by Ivan Goncharov, Selma Ancira (Translator) 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1838 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ninfodora Ivanovna 3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1836 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Полное собрание сочинений и писем в двадцати томах by Ivan Goncharov, Иван Гончаров 4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Una storia comune - La fregata Pallada by Ivan Goncharov, Lucio Dal Santo (Translator), Giacinta De Dominicis Jorio (Translator) 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1847	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mil'on Terzanij Kriticheskij Etyud 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Ivan Goncharov

“A close, daily intimacy between two people has to be paid for: it requires a great deal of experience of life, logic, and warmth of heart on both sides to enjoy each other’s good qualities without being irritated by each other’s shortcomings and blaming each other for them.”
― Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov

8 people liked it

“Aşk bir ruh kangreni; o kadar çabuk ilerliyor ki.”
― Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov

8 people liked it

“It is a trick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed, or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.”
― Ivan Goncharov

6 people liked it

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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn

13 votes, 28.3%

Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak

12 votes, 26.1%

Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov

8 votes, 17.4%

A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov

7 votes, 15.2%

Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov

5 votes, 10.9%

The Life of Arseniev: Youth by Ivan Bunin

1 vote, 2.2%

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