Oblomov
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Oxfam bookshop ealing first published in , oblomov is an indisputable classic of russian literature, comparable in its stature to such masterpieces as gogol's dead souls, tolstoy's anna karenina and dostoevsky's brothers karamazovrich in situational comedy, psychological complexity and social satire, oblomov - here presented in stephen pearl's award-winning translation, the first major english-language version of the novel in more than fifty years - is a timeless novel and a monument to human idlenessbut this torpid existence comes to an end when, spurred on by his crumbling finances, the love of a woman and the reproaches of his friend, the hard-working stoltz, oblomov finds that he must engage with the real world and face up to his commitmentssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book centres on the figure of ilya ilyich oblomov, a member of the dying class of the landed gentry, who spends most of his time lying in bed gazing at life in an apathetic daze, encouraged by his equally lazy servant zakhar and routinely swindled by his acquaintances
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morecondition good with a little discolouration and staining on the front coveroxfam books & music bury stedmunds programme for the production that first ran at the new lyric theatre, hammersmith, london, in october , starring spike milligan, bill owen, and joan greenwood
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