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The Same Old Story (Russian: Обыкнове́нная исто́рия, romanized: Obyknovennaya istorya) is the first novel by Ivan Goncharov, written between 1844 and 1846 and published in 1847. [1] It has also been published in English under the titles A Common Story and An Ordinary Story.
The same psychological insight that makes ''Oblomov'' so compelling permeates ''The Same Old Story'' with its contrast between Alexander, a young nobleman fresh from the simplicity of country life, and the older uncle, Pyotr.
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Told in the author’s trademark humorous style and presented in a sparkling new translation by Stephen Pearl, The Same Old Story – Goncharov’s first novel, preceding his masterpiece Oblomov by twelve years – is a study of lost illusions and rude spiritual awakening in the modern world.
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- Ivan Goncharov, Translated by Stephen Pearl
Jan 25, 2024 · The three children oftentimes wanted their Father to read the same story they had read only the last night or just a few days ago and he would wave his hands at the nearest pile of books and say, “With all these books you want to read the same old story book?”
Told in the author's trademark humorous style and presented in a sparkling new translation by Stephen Pearl, The Same Old Story – Goncharov's first novel, preceding his masterpiece Oblomov by twelve years – is a study of lost illusions and rude spiritual awakening in the modern world.
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When Alexander kisses the young woman he has fallen in love with, the scene is described in such a way as to bring a sigh to anyone who has been in love, aged 20, on a summer evening."It all goes...
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The same old story. [Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov; Ivy Litvinov] -- Filled with dreams of pursuing a career as a poet, the young Alexander Aduev moves from the country to St Petersburg, where he takes up lodgings next to his uncle Pyotr, a shrewd and world-weary ...
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