oblomov page count

5 1/2 x 8 1/2. ISBN. Gayla Diment. Oblomov is a young, generous nobleman who seems incapable of making important decisions or undertaking any significant actions. 0-8101-1405-4. The novel focuses on the midlife crisis of the main character, Ilya Ilyich Oblomov, an upper middle class son of a member of Russia's nineteenth century landed gentry. Oblomov, novel by Russian writer Ivan Goncharov, published in 1859.The work is a powerful critique of 19th-century Russia, contrasting aristocrats with the merchant class and condemning the feudal system.Its hero, Oblomov, is a generous but indecisive young nobleman who loses the woman he loves to a vigorous, pragmatic friend. Page Count. No other novel has been used to describe the "Russian mentality" or "Russian soul" as frequently as Ivan Goncharov's Oblomov, first published in 1859. Trim Size. The novel evolved and expanded from an 1849 short story or sketch entitled "Oblomov's Dream". Oblomov's distinguishing characteristic is his slothful attitude towards life. Throughout the novel he rarely leaves his room or bed and famously fails to leave his bed for the first 150 pages of the novel.

Goncharov's "Oblomov" A Critical Companion.

194 pages.