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Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov
5.0

What a triumph! Truly one of the great achievements in the novel form. However, I may be in the minority in seeing this as more truly the story of Olga than of Oblomov; the parts with her are the most vibrant, most intellectually expansive and spiritually effulgent. She must have been to some degree a pattern for War and Peace's Natalya Rostov; she is one of the most fascinating romantic heroines in European literature.