Oblomov: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Oblomov, credited to Ivan Goncharov, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Oblomov, by Ivan Goncharov, translated by C. J. Hogarth. Read by Kevin Davidson. Oblomov is the best known novel by Russian writer Ivan Goncharov, first published in 1859. Oblomov is also the central character of the novel, often seen as the ultimate incarnation of the superfluous man, a symbolic character in 19th-century Russian literature. Oblomov is a young, generous nobleman who seems incapable of making important decisions or undertaking any significant actions. Spoiled as a child to the point of not even being able to put on his own socks, Oblomov is unprepared to deal with the smallest difficulty of adult life. In his fevered dreams he sees the words "Oblomovstchina" ("Oblomovism" or in this translation "the disease of Oblomovka") in flaming letters on the ceiling putting a name to the disability of which he is all too aware. This romantic novel was considered a satire of Russian nobility whose social and economic function was increasingly in question in mid-nineteenth century Russia, and from it the word "Oblomovstchina" entered the Russian vocabulary. (Summary by Wikipedia and Kevin Davidson)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Oblomov
• Author credits: Ivan Goncharov
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 19
• Listed recording duration: 6:32:41

Catalogue topics

• fiction
• Russian literature
• Superfluous man

Track guide

1. 01 - Part 1, Chapter 1 — 20:44
2. 02 - Part 1, Chapter 2 — 28:21
3. 03 - Part 1, Chapter 3 — 11:11
4. 04 - Part 1, Chapter 4 — 19:27
5. 05 - Part 1, Chapter 5 Reading 1 — 21:31
6. 06 - Part 1, Chapter 5 Reading 2 — 24:04
7. 07 - Part 1, Chapter 5 Reading 3 — 17:45
8. 08 - Part 1, Chapter 5 Reading 4 — 16:50
9. 09 - Part 1, Chapter 5 Reading 5 — 28:09
10. 10 - Part 2, Chapter 1 — 25:10
11. 11 - Part 2, Chapter 2-3 — 20:34
12. 12 - Part 3, Chapter 1 — 9:03
13. 13 - Part 3, Chapter 2 — 15:37
14. 14 - Part 3, Chapter 3-4 — 21:43
15. 15 - Part 4, Chapter 1 — 22:40
16. 16 - Part 4, Chapter 2 — 26:13
17. 17 - Part 4, Chapter 3 — 29:00
18. 18 - Part 4, Chapter 4 — 13:07
19. 19 - Part 4, Chapter 5-6 — 21:25

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