the precipice (Special Edition) - Softcover

Goncharov, Ivan Aleksandrovich

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1545135479 ISBN 13: 9781545135471

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

A brilliant example of psychological prose, drawing general and in particular on the basis of creating a deeply personal story a true picture of the ideas and manners of intellectual nobility Russia around the time the middle of the XIX century. This is a novel about the strong love, about women's dignity and culture.

About this title

About the Author:

Ivan Alexandrovich Goncharov (1812 - 1891) was a Russian novelist best known for his novels A Common Story (1847), Oblomov (1859) and The Precipice (1869). He also served in many official capacities, including the position of censor. Goncharov was born in Simbirsk into the family of a wealthy merchant; as a reward for his grandfather's military service, they were elevated to gentry status. He was educated at a boarding school, then the Moscow College of Commerce and finally at Moscow State University. After graduating, he served for a short time in the office of the Governor of Simbirsk, before moving to Saint Petersburg where he worked as government translator and private tutor, while publishing poetry and fiction in private almanacs. Goncharov's first novel, A Common Story, was published in Sovremennik in 1847.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Russian

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1545135479
• ISBN 13: 9781545135471
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 268