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"Обыкновенная история" - роман русского писателя Ивана Александровича Гончарова, повествующий о взрослении и разочаровании в собственных идеалах неискоренимого, как представляется вначале, провинциального романтика - Александра Адуева.

This novel centers 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. But 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 hardworking Schtoltz, Oblomov finds that he must engage with the real world and face up to his commitments.

"Obyknovennaya istoriya" - roman vospitaniya, povestvuyushchij o vzroslenii i razocharovanii v sobstvennyh idealah neiskorenimogo, kak predstavlyaetsya vnachale, provincial'nogo romantika - Aleksandra Adueva. Po priezde v Peterburg on postupaet "pod krylo" svoego dyadi - suhovatogo del'ca Petra Adueva. Nesmotrya na popytki starshego Adueva urezonit' ego, romanticheskie ustremleniya mladshego Adueva neizmenno ostavlyayut ego s razbitym serdcem.

Иван Александрович Гончаров (1812 - 1891) - выдающийся русский писатель и литературный критик. Член-корреспондент Петербургской академии наук по разряду русского языка и словесности, действительный статский советник.