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In diesem Buch werden zwei gegensätzliche Charaktere dargestellt: Oblomow und Scholz. Oblomow ist ein fauler, sentimentaler, phlegmatischer, naiver aber sehr liebeswerter und gutmutiger 30-jähirger Mann. Scholz ist fleißig, strebenswert, praktisch, geschäftsorientiert. Diese Eigenschaften erbte er von seinem deutschen Vater.

Scholz und Olga schafften nur kurzfristig, die Hauptfigur Oblomow zum Leben zu erwecken: früh aufstehen, sich gut anziehen, Bücher lesen, spazieren gehen. Seine Freunde mussten mit Schrecken feststellen, dass es unmöglich ist, ihn irgendwie zu ändern. Andererseits fand ich mutig, dass er sein Leben so gemütlich laufen ließ: er verbrachte den ganzen Tag mit Essen und Schlafen und er war damit zufrieden! Er hatte zwar Absichten, irgendetwas zu verändern, hat aber seine Pläne immer verschoben.

Ich war von Oblomows Liebenswürdigkeit und Gutmutigkeit sehr gerührt, als ich von der Treue von seinem Diener und Liebe seiner späteren Frau erfuhr. Dadurch fand ich den faulen Oblomow sympathischer als Scholz.

Obwohl der Inhalt von dieser Geschichte ernst und dramatisch erscheinen mag, ist sie in einer witzigen Art geschrieben.

Das Ende ist traurig wie bei vielen russischen Büchern.

The story of a man with an unusual dream. At first he represents everything you despise, and then he is everything you wish that you could be. This is a truly beautiful novel, that offers an unique glimpse of the world, and a character you are destined to love.

"Study in inertia" could be another title for this novel (at least the first part of it). It is a straightforward and precise description of psychological and sociological decay as a consequence of inertia and the impossibility to make up a decision.

It is a book as well of sociological as psychological interest - it shows how a man is socialiced in inertia which means it depicts how he is brought up in an ambiance of laissez faire culture und a carefree culture of russian landowners of the 18th century which never has to fight to earn its living, but at the same time is surrounded by an aura of decadence.

His childhood (later summarized as "the disease of Oblomovka") predetermines his later life, prevents his marriage with the woman he pretends to love and in the end finds him - grown fat and immobile - dying by a stroke.

Downside: Sometimes it seems a little too obvious that the author wants to teach his readers. The narration is getting almost pedagogic - and this is one of the worst things a novel can be (as seen in the creutzer sonata, for example).

Furthermore, the love story between the protagonist and the beautiful Olga really sucks a bit. Today he'd sleep with her and it'd be good, but the author tortures the reader with page-long decorations of their romantic 19th century grief. This is hard to bear, though the language once again is quite elaborated and distinguished.

In total, i loved this book for the clear language and the stylistic perfection. In this category it is in the tradition and can be compared to the great russian novels and narratíons of the 19th century.

I read OBLOMOV from a recommendation and what actually made me to buy it was because my friend considered it to be one of his favorite book of all time. I agree with him about that. It is an amazing book. Not only that, I developed an interest in the author's other works. Nevertheless, this is a wonderfully written book It is an absolute masterpiece, a classic accepted in Russia and the rest of the world.UNION MOUK,THE ARTAMONOV BUSINESS,AND QUIET FLOWS THE DON are other good Russian stories I enjoyed.

Our 11th grade teacher made us read this book for our Russian literature class. I absolutely loved it! It has a little bit of everything for everyone. What a marvelous, heart-rending novel!