An Ordinary Story. - Ivan Goncharov
including the stage adaptation of the novel by Viktor Rozov
KORTE INHOUD
An Ordinary Story: Including the Stage Adaptation of the Novel
by Ivan Goncharov
Advanced notice of the power of what would be the Russian novel was given in 1847 when Goncharov's An Ordinary Story started to come out in a Petersburg journal. It was immediately acclaimed by critics as an answer to what they saw as the unrealistic worlds portrayed in the romantic literature of the period. This novel has kept its place in the literary pantheon of Russian literature due to its modern psychological perceptiveness, especially concerning relations between the sexes, as well as its artistry. All in all, it is a delightful work, providing charming characters and an almost classical balance of scenes and types.
Goncharov himself had vast experience in the world of bureaucratic career and disillusionment he describes in the course of telling the story of his hero, Alexander Aduyev, the romantic young man who makes the trip from the provinces to the capital, and searches for love and a career. The young Alexander's foil in...
by Ivan Goncharov
Advanced notice of the power of what would be the Russian novel was given in 1847 when Goncharov's An Ordinary Story started to come out in a Petersburg journal. It was immediately acclaimed by critics as an answer to what they saw as the unrealistic worlds portrayed in the romantic literature of the period. This novel has kept its place in the literary pantheon of Russian literature due to its modern psychological perceptiveness, especially concerning relations between the sexes, as well as its artistry. All in all, it is a delightful work, providing charming characters and an almost classical balance of scenes and types.
Goncharov himself had vast experience in the world of bureaucratic career and disillusionment he describes in the course of telling the story of his hero, Alexander Aduyev, the romantic young man who makes the trip from the provinces to the capital, and searches for love and a career. The young Alexander's foil in...
