I thought this book was better than Anna Karenina and the Karamazov

>>8438053
I have read it. It's alright.

>>8438055
How do you rank it among other Russian classics?

>>8438053
I've read it and i do love it. Favorite rusky book besides Dead Souls

I have angry eyebrows drawn on the front cover of my copy, and it faces a copy of Fathers And Sons (also with angry eyebrows drawn on) on my bookshelf

>>8438058
On par with Tolstoy, whom I think is massively overrated. Worse than Dosto and Pushkin.

>>8438053
Gave up after 2-300 pages.

Maybe it was the translation, but I simply didn't find the premise amusing in the slightest. Kind of a critical flaw for a comedy.

Perhaps it hit too close to home.

>>8438093
You shouldn't read a book expecting one thing or another. Oblomov is typically described as funny, but it is also depressing, sad, and thoughtful.

Mirian Schwartz' translation is excellent.

>>8438053
I thought it was great at times, but as far as i'm concerned it didn't come near War & Peace or The Brothers Karamazov.
I enjoyed it more than The Death of Ivan Ilyich, but that's comparing a novel to a novelle. I'm starting Anna Karenina in september so i can't judge that yet.

The endig hit me right in the feels tho. And i guess the opening hit pretty close to home.
The chapter Oblomov's dream is comfy stuff, heartwarming really, but nothing War & Peace didn't have.

I guess you could say i enjoyed it more than i did Fathers and Sons. It certainly a classic.

>>8438319
It's*

>>8438053
>Why haven't you read this yet /lit/?
It's long. I'm tired. Maybe next week or next year.

>>8438389
It's a little over 500 pages. Not terribly long... How many pages till something becomes a door stopper?

>>8438093
>Perhaps it hit too close to home.

This was the case for me. The description of a man still in bed at noon was just too relatable.