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Ivan Goncharov
Born
in Simbirsk, Russian Federation
June 18, 1812
Died
September 27, 1891
Genre
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Oblomov
by
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published
1859
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90 editions
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The Same Old Story
by
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published
1847
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77 editions
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The Precipice
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published
1869
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80 editions
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The Frigate Pallada
by
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published
1858
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15 editions
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De Petersburgse pest
by
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published
1838
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6 editions
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Hayırlı Bir Hata
by |
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Мильон терзаний
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published
2013
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3 editions
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أبلوموف 2
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Ninfodora Ivánovna
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published
1836
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6 editions
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Счастливая ошибка
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published
1839
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2 editions
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“When you don't know what you're living for, you don't care how you live from one day to the next. You're happy the day has passed and the night has come, and in your sleep you bury the tedious question of what you lived for that day and what you're going to live for tomorrow.”
― Oblomov
― Oblomov
“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.”
― Oblomov
― Oblomov
“I desire nothing, seek nothing but peace, the slumber of the soul. I have tasted all the hollowness and wretchedness of life and I despise it heartily. Whoever has lived and thought cannot but, in his soul, despise humanity. Activity, cares, worries, distractions - I am sick of them all. I wish for nothing, I seek nothing. I have no aim, for one gains that which one is eager for - and sees that it is all illusion. My joyous days have passed. I have cooled to them. In the educated world, amidst human beings, I feel the disadvantages of life too strongly, but alone, far from the crowd, I turn to stone. In this trance anything can happen, I see neither others nor myself. I do nothing and do not notice the actions either of others or myself - and I am at peace, I am indifferent. There can be no happiness for me, and I will not succumb to unhappiness.”
― The Same Old Story
― The Same Old Story
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The length of these books varies significantly, therefore the duration of our "February" read will be determined by which selection is chosen. The number of pages is approximated.
As always, we ask that you only vote if you are planning on participating in our discussion should your choice win.
Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov 586 pages
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 964 pages
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 1392 pages
The Possessed - Fyodor Dostoyevsky World'S Best Edition (a.k.a Demons or The Devils) 768 pages
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 671 pages
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