Oblomov detailed summary. The main characters of the novel

First chapter

Already on the first pages of the novel, Goncharov introduces the reader to Ilya Ilyich Oblomov - the main character, a nobleman and collegiate secretary. He has been living in solitude in Petrograd for twelve years. Oblomov has no permanent occupation, he only sleeps and eats. He amuses himself by listening to the stories and gossip of his familiar officials, who sometimes drop by to visit him. Ilya Ilyich does not like lively conversations and becomes relatively talkative only with his servant Zakhar.

Zakhar sincerely intends to destroy laziness in his master and teach him to get up early, and Oblomov, in turn, tries to instill in Zakhar a desire for cleanliness and neatness. It was thanks to his improper upbringing that Oblomov became so lazy. This becomes clear from the 9th chapter, entitled “Oblomov’s Dream,” where readers are presented with a picture of the protagonist’s childhood. From birth, Ilya Ilyich was forced to spend his life the same way as his ancestors.

Only two troubles bother Oblomov. Firstly, the owner persistently demands to vacate the apartment, and secondly, the headman writes from the village and reports that the harvest this year has not been successful, and the men have fled, and besides, there will be less income.

Ilya Ilyich, lying in bed, thinks about how to correct the situation. His thoughts are interrupted by the arrival of his longtime friend Andrei Stolz, whom Oblomov was extremely happy about.

Chapter two

Who Stolz is and what his origin, service and childhood are like is described in the second part of the novel. Stolz is a very active and active person, and he is outraged by Oblomov’s apathy and lack of initiative. Trying to stir up Oblomov, Stolz brings him together with the Ilyinsky family. Oblomov begins to like Olga, the daughter of the Ilyinskys. Soon Olga reciprocates his feelings, and their rapprochement ends with a declaration of love and a marriage proposal.

Chapter Three

Olga agrees, and in the third part the reader watches how Oblomov prepares for marriage. He finally decided to move to another apartment, and also sent an attorney to the village to keep order in the household and in the house. Olga amazingly changed the character of Ilya Ilyich, turning him into an energetic person. True, Oblomov’s enthusiasm soon subsides somewhat. The fact is that he is worried about gossip and talk about the upcoming wedding and the absence good news from the village. Indecision again takes possession of the main character. He pretends to be sick and therefore does not visit Olga. Olga, worried, comes herself. Oblomov gets scared and doesn’t say a word about his feelings, but instead tells Olga all the gossip he has heard. Ilyinskaya understands that reviving Oblomov is not so easy. The final blow for Oblomov was bad news from the village: the attorney reported that there was almost no income, and the owner urgently needed to come himself. This state of affairs gives Oblomov a reason to postpone the wedding for several years until the economy gets better. Olga realizes that marriage with Ilya Ilyich will not be happy and refuses him. Oblomov was greatly upset and, from mental shock, even fell ill with a nervous fever.

Chapter Four

The fourth part describes the events that occurred several years after the hero’s illness. After breaking up with her fiance, Olga for a long time I was sad and then left the country. In Paris, she accidentally met Stolz, who admired her beauty and intelligence. A feeling flared up between them, which soon grew into serious relationship. Six months later they got married. Oblomov, meanwhile, rented an apartment from a bourgeois woman named Agafya Matveevna Pshenitsyna and continued his life in contentment. passive life. This circumstance slightly upset Stolz and his young wife. One day Stolz expressed a desire to take his apathetic friend to Olga, but Oblomov declared that he had already married Agafya Matveevna. For the next few years, Ilya Ilyich Oblomov suffered from apoplexy, one of which became his last. Stolz and Olga at this time lived safely and happily in the south of Crimea. Olga was upset only because she did nothing for the common good, enjoying only personal happiness.

Updated: 2012-02-09

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This article is summary"Oblomov" by chapters. Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov devoted ten years of his life to creating the plot of the novel. The writer's contemporaries also spoke about the obvious paradox: the main character, endowed by the author with laziness, taken to the highest limits, attracted the close attention of the entire Russian society.

First part

The novel begins with a description of the interior of the home, which is what the summary tells us about. “Oblomov” (Chapter 1 of the work, in particular) illuminates in detail for readers one day in the life of the landowner Ilya Ilyich Oblomov. Rented four-room apartment in St. Petersburg. Three of the four rooms are non-residential. Ilya Ilyich almost never leaves the room, in which there are two sofas, a mahogany dressing table and several screens. He spends his day on one of the sofas: eating, receiving guests. After lunch he falls into a drowsy state. The servant Zakhar is a little less lazy than the master. There is dust, dirt, stains in the apartment, but Oblomov himself is not at all burdened by this.

A summary of “Oblomov” in chapters III and IV introduces us to another guest of the landowner - Mikhei Andreevich Tarantiev. He is both a talker and a swindler, seeking to take possession of Ilya Ilyich’s property. At stake is property worth tens of thousands of rubles. Ostensibly caring about Oblomov’s well-being, Tarantyev convinces him to move to the Vyborg side and promises to introduce him to his godfather Agafya Pshenitsyna. In fact, he is carrying out a joint plan with Mukhoyarov, Agafya’s brother, to ruin Ilya Ilyich.

The fifth and sixth chapters take us back twelve years - to the attempts of young Oblomov to make a career in St. Petersburg. The hereditary nobleman had the rank of However, he was afraid of his superiors to such an extent that, having mistakenly sent a letter to Arkhangelsk instead of Astrakhan, he got scared and resigned from service. And for more than ten years he has been idle. From the village of Oblomovka, his patrimony, he receives less and less income - the clerk steals. But Oblomov lacks the determination to reorganize his farm so that it becomes profitable.

The seventh and eighth chapters tell in more detail about Oblomov’s servant, Zakhara. This is a footman of the old school. He is honest, devoted to his master, as was customary among serfs in the last century. Taking care of Oblomov's interests, Zakhar does not make peace with the rogue Tarantiev. But at the same time, the master’s laziness was reflected in him, as in a mirror.

The ninth chapter of the novel “Oblomov” is special, key. After all, it fragmentarily shows the inferiority of raising a child by landowner parents. The dream consists of three visions. First: a seven-year-old boy on his parents’ Oblomov estate. He is surrounded by petty care, he is instilled with a cult of idleness. The second episode of the dream is the nanny telling fairy tales and epics. The landowner Oblomov lives in their virtual world; the world of real affairs has become boring for him since childhood. Third dream episode: studying in primary school. Teacher - Ivan Bogdanovich Stolz, German, clerk. The teacher’s son, Andrey, studies with Ilyusha. They are both active and dynamic. Studying did not raise the landowner's son into an active person, since all the other people around him, except the Stoltsevs, lead a lazy, dormant lifestyle.

The tenth and eleventh chapters are ironic about the dirt in Oblomov’s apartment. While he is sleeping, the servant Zakhar either gossips with his neighbors or goes to drink beer. Moreover, when he returns, he finds the owner still sleeping.

Second part

The reader is Andrei Ivanovich Stolts. A dynamic and positive character is finally poured into the chapter-by-chapter summary of Oblomov (as, naturally, into the novel itself). Andrei graduated from the university, receiving a rank equivalent to the rank of colonel, and according to the table of ranks he served as a lawyer. After retiring at the age of thirty, he began commercial activities. He is sent on particularly important missions to Europe, entrusted with the development of projects.

The third to fifth chapters of the second part are devoted to Stolz’s efforts to stir up Oblomov, awakening his interest in life. Andrei Ivanovich drew up a plan to help his friend: first go abroad with him, then set things up in the village, then apply for a position and service. He introduced his friend to Olga Ilyinskaya. Ilya Ilyich fell in love with this woman. Stolz went on a business trip, agreeing to meet with Oblomov in London and then travel together. But Oblomov did not leave Russia. The sixth and seventh chapters trace the development of Oblomov’s feelings for Olga Ilyinskaya, his declaration of love to her and his proposal to get married. And here the summary of “Oblomov” describes a classic love plot chapter by chapter.

The third part

Flares up mutual feeling Ilya Oblomov and Olga Ilyina. Olga is ready to get married. But when the time comes for decisive actions, Oblomov’s love begins to be counteracted by his inherent inertia, notes of fear creep into his thoughts, “what others will think.” At the same time, Mikhei Andreevich Tarantiev, “courting” the main character, gets his signature on an enslaving contract for renting a new apartment on the Vyborg side. He introduces Oblomov to his godfather Agafya Pshenitsyna. Agafya’s brother, Ivan Matveevich Mukhoyarov, is in fact “playing the same game” with Tarantyev, wanting to profit from the property of the protagonist by deception. Mukhoyarov convinces Ilya Ilyich, who is visiting his sister, of the need to travel to his patrimony - the village of Oblomovka - in order to improve his economic affairs. Oblomov falls ill.

Fourth part

Having fallen ill, Oblomov remains in the house of Agafya Pshenitsyna, who fell in love with him and cares for him from the bottom of her heart. A woman in love even pawns her jewelry so that Ilya Ilyich will be nourished and strengthened. Having agreed, Ivan Matveevich Mukhoyarov and Mikhei Andreevich Tarantiev decide to deceive and forgery. Having frightened Oblomov by compromising his extramarital relationship with Pshenitsyna, they take a receipt from him for 10,000 rubles. Agafya, blindly believing her brother, signs a debt in his name for the same 10,000 rubles.

Stolz meets with Ilyinskaya in Paris and looks after her. A mutual feeling breaks out, the lovers get married. Then Stolz returns to Russia, comes to the Vyborg side to Oblomov and actively helps his friend. He temporarily rents Oblomovka, kicks out the thief-clerk Zaterty, Mukhoyarov’s protege. He also learns about Oblomov’s receipt. The next day, the general, informed by him, expels Mukhoyarov from service. Tarantiev goes on the run.

Oblomov's well-being has improved, but the disease is progressing. Soon he suffers and then death. Just before his death, he asks Stolz about raising his son, Andryusha, in common with Agafya. For Agafya, with the passing of Ilya Ilyich, life lost its meaning, as if “her heart had been taken out of her chest.” The faithful servant Zakhar chose to beg while visiting the master’s grave, rather than return to Oblomovka. Mukhoyarov’s wife is in charge of Agafya’s house. However, a glimmer of hope still illuminates the ending of the novel. Andryusha Oblomov, having found a second family, will undoubtedly receive a proper education, and his life will become more meaningful.

HISTORY OF CREATION

As I. Goncharov himself recalled, the idea for “Oblomov” arose after “ An ordinary story" - the writer's first novel - was published in 1847. In 1849, “Oblomov’s Dream. An episode from an unfinished novel." The chapter appeared after Goncharov’s trip to Simbirsk, where patriarchal life and traditions were well preserved.

The inhabitants of the city inspired the writer to create the image of Oblomovka. The publication of “Oblomov’s Dream” had big success and attracted attention. However, it took the author more than ten years to write the entire novel. Working on the novel was not easy. Goncharov himself noted that the work was written slowly and difficultly. The writer's journey on the frigate Pallada and the creation of travel essays, which were published in 1858, also slowed down work on Oblomov. The entire novel was published in four issues of the magazine Domestic notes"only in 1859 and brought the author wide fame, becoming his main work.

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GENRE AND COMPOSITION

Genre. Social-psychological novel. Composition. The novel consists of four parts. The parts are divided into chapters. The first part is dedicated to one day of Oblomov, which he spends without leaving the couch. The author leads people past this sofa, no better than Oblomov, showing the insignificance of secular vanity. This is the exposition of the novel - getting to know the hero, the history of his childhood, the conditions that shaped him.

The second part talks about the love of Oblomov and Olga. An attempt is made to save the hero from Oblomovism. Stolz is opposed to Oblomov. The action develops and culminates - Oblomov’s declaration of love.

The third part convinces the reader that Oblomov cannot sacrifice peace for the sake of love. Another heroine appears - Agafya Pshenitsyna. The fourth part echoes the first - the hero returns to his usual state (Oblomovism on the Vyborg side). There is a gradual approach to the end. Oblomov again goes into hibernation and then dies. The composition of the novel is circular: sleep - awakening - sleep.

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ILYA ILYICH OBLOMOV

Portrait. This is a young man of good appearance. His facial features are calm, his body is round and delicate, his neck is white, his hands are plump and small. “He will sit down, cross his legs, rest his head on his hand - he does all this so freely, calmly and beautifully.” The author likes Oblomov (he largely copied his image from himself). Typical Russian gentleman. He comes from a noble family, is smart and educated. He lives for his own pleasure: eats, drinks and sleeps. His ideal is peace and serenity. This is more important for the hero than always worrying about business, like Sudbinsky, chasing after women, like the dandy Volkov, or writing accusatory articles, like the writer Penkin.

Oblomov is not attracted to either secular entertainment or a career - he sees nothing in them but vanity. And for the sake of fuss, you shouldn’t get up from the couch and take off your cozy robe. The contemplator and dreamer never does anything himself - for this he has “Zakhar and three hundred more Zakharovs.” He only dreams of how wonderfully he will arrange everything on his estate. Typical Russian character. Soft and a kind person with a sensitive heart and a “crystal soul”. Impractical, irrational, not adapted to life, helpless in the face of problems. He is used and deceived by everyone, even his faithful servant Zakhar.

Oblomov himself strictly judges himself for passivity and compares his soul to a treasure piled with garbage. He is faced with a painful question: “Why am I like this?” The answer is given in the chapter “Oblomov’s Dream”. Generalized national character. Oblomov’s features are characteristic not only of the era that the novel reflects. His image is a national Russian character. Laziness, kindness, open-mindedness, complaisance, naivety, sensitivity, pure soul - all these are historically established qualities of the Russian person. The active rationalist Stolz does not take root in Russia; Oblomov is more organic for her.

Turgenev wrote: “... as long as there is at least one Russian left, Oblomov will be remembered.” Oblomovism. N. Dobrolyubov in the article “What is Oblomovism?” called this phenomenon a disease of Russian society, consisting of idleness, insurmountable laziness and inability to social activities. Oblomov is the last in a series of “superfluous people” (Onegin, Pechorin, Rudin) who were unable to find a use for themselves.

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OBLOMOV'S DREAM

History of creation. The chapter was written in 1849 and was a great success. Everyone was waiting for the novel to appear in its entirety, but it was written in its entirety much later. Goncharov called the chapter “the overture of the entire novel.”

Artistic technique. A nostalgic dream about Ilyusha’s childhood is the key to understanding the image of Oblomov - it reveals the origins and causes of Oblomovism, represents the environment, life and morals that shaped the hero.

Oblomovka is an idyllic region where Oblomov was born and raised. It is presented as a promised land, as an island of happiness. Ilyusha grew up in the lap of beautiful nature. The geography of this corner of the earth does not include mountains - only plains surrounded by hills. There are no hours and minutes here. Time is associated with the concept of a circle, with the cycles of nature (spring - the birth of a person, summer - youth, autumn - old age, winter - death).

Mental comfort, peace and quiet - such is the atmosphere of this “primitive paradise”. The reasons for Oblomovism, sweet idleness plunges the hero into hibernation. His wonderful spiritual qualities are already buried in Oblomovka; they are being killed by laziness and spiritual stagnation.

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THE ROLE OF DETAILS IN THE NOVEL

Oblomov's robe. This is not just an artistic detail - the hero’s favorite clothes are, in fact, a character in their own right. The robe is a symbol of Oblomovism. Taking off your robe means radically changing your life. The item is described in detail: “How Oblomov’s home suit suited his calm facial features and pampered body! He was wearing a robe made of Persian material, a real oriental robe, without the slightest hint of Europe, without tassels, without velvet, without a waist, very roomy, so that Oblomov could wrap himself in it twice.” A cozy dressing gown reflects the character of its owner - it is Oblomov’s double.

The hero wears a robe not only on his body - his mind and soul also seem to be wrapped in such a robe. At the beginning of the novel, Oblomov lovingly wraps himself in its wide flaps. It is emphasized that he has been wearing a robe for a long time - just as long ago he has been carrying laziness and apathy in his soul. Thanks to his love for Olga, the hero wakes up, comes to life and forgets about his robe. After breaking up with Olga, he lives in the house of Agafya Pshenitsyna, who not only got the robe, but also repaired it - mended it, removed the stains. Until the end of his life, Oblomov never parted with his favorite robe.

Lilac branch. The branch, plucked by Olga during her meeting with Oblomov and picked up by the hero, helped the lovers understand each other’s feelings. She became a symbol of their love and the possibility of changing their lives for the better. But just as the lilac fades, so does their love. Lilac appears again at the end of the novel - it blooms on Oblomov’s grave. Interior.

In Oblomov’s house, at first glance, everything is beautiful and rich: mahogany furniture, cozy sofas, screens with birds and fruits unprecedented in nature, silk curtains, carpets, paintings, bronze, porcelain. But the back of the sofa had sagged, cobwebs were “clinging to the walls in the form of festoons,” notes could be written on the mirrors, expensive carpets were stained. If it were not for the owner himself, lying on the sofa, one would think that no one lives here - everything is so faded, dusty and devoid of traces of human presence. There is last year’s issue of the newspaper, and “if you dipped a pen into it, a frightened fly would burst out of the inkwell with a buzz.”

This description is reminiscent of the home of Gogol's Plyushkin. Perhaps, if not for the participation of the energetic Stolz, not for Olga’s love, not for the care of Agafya Pshenitsyna, Oblomov’s fate would have been just as pitiful.

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OBLOMOV AND STOLTZ

Origin. Oblomov comes from an old noble family with patriarchal traditions. And his grandparents and parents did nothing. Stolz is from a poor family: his father is a Russified German, the manager of a rich estate, his mother is an impoverished noblewoman. Upbringing. Ilyusha was accustomed to idleness and peace. Labor in Oblomovka was a punishment. The family had a cult of food, and after eating there was a sound sleep.

Andryusha's father taught him all the practical sciences, instilled in him a love of work, perseverance, and accuracy. Test of love. Oblomov needs maternal love - the kind that Agafya Pshenitsyna gave him. Stolz needs a woman equal in strength and views. His ideal is Olga. Characteristic. The heroes are complete antipodes. Stolz strives forward, he is not afraid of problems and failures, he is confident that he will achieve everything. His whole life is hard work.

The meaning of Oblomov’s life is a dream. However, friends not only complement each other, but also need each other. Compared to Andrei, Ilya is passive and helpless, but next to him the strong Stolz finds peace of mind.

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OLGA ILYINSKAYA AND AGAFYA PSHENITSYNA

Portrait. In Olga there is “no affectation, no coquetry, no lies, no tinsel< … >if she were turned into a statue, she would be a statue of grace and harmony.” In Agafya, truly Russian beauty is noted: “the chest and shoulders shone with contentment and fullness, meekness and only economic care shone in the eyes.” She is kind and modest, an excellent housewife, caring and sensitive.

Origin. Olga is from the nobility, received an excellent education, has an extraordinary mind, and strives for new knowledge. Agafya is from the people, not distinguished by education, very simple. Role in Oblomov's life. Olga's love is spiritual, but selfish (she loves her efforts and efforts in Oblomov). He is tired of Olga's restless nature; she does not look like the woman of his dreams.

Olga forced Oblomov to get up from the sofa, take off his robe, and experience romantic love. Agafya’s love is selfless and sacrificial. She accepted Oblomov for who he is and did not try to change him. All his dreams came true in her house.

Landowner Ilya Ilyich Oblomov. Main character- “a man about thirty-two or three years old,” lives in St. Petersburg, on Gorokhovaya Street, with his servant Zakhar, using the funds brought by the Oblomovka estate. This is a man of “pleasant appearance, with dark gray eyes, but with a lack of any concentration in his facial features. The thought walked like a free bird across the face, fluttered in the eyes, sat on half-open lips, hid in the folds of the forehead, then completely disappeared, and then an even light of carelessness glowed throughout the face.”

Ilya Ilyich is kind, but very lazy - he prefers to lie on the sofa in his favorite robe. Lying down for him “was neither a necessity, like that of a sick person or like a person who wants to sleep, nor an accident, like that of someone who is tired, nor a pleasure, like that of a lazy person: it was his normal state”...

Oblomov is in trouble. He received a letter from the headman from Oblomovka, complaining about a bad harvest and a decrease in income, and the owner of the apartment in which Oblomov lives asks to vacate it. The hero should go to Oblomovka, solve the issue of moving to another apartment, but all this is for him
flour.

Visitors. Volkov, Sudbinsky, Penkin, Alekseev come to Oblomov in turn. They talk about themselves and invite you to May Day festivities in Yekateringof. Oblomov refuses, inventing different reasons. Volkov, in brilliant health, is delighted with social life, he talks about his new tailcoat, about his crush, and shows off his new gloves.

Sudbinsky, a former colleague of Oblomov, has made a career and is going to marry the daughter of a state councilor with a large dowry. “And blind, and deaf, and dumb to everything else in the world. And he will come out among the people, over time he will manage his affairs and grab ranks...” Oblomov thinks about him.

The writer Penkin wonders if Oblomov has read his article “about trade, about the emancipation of women, about beautiful April days and about the newly invented composition against fires.” The next visitor is Alekseev (“an impersonal allusion to the human mass”). This is a man “with an uncertain physiognomy”, “his presence will not add anything to society, just as his absence will not take anything away from him.”

Ilya Ilyich tells all the guests about his problems, but no one wants to advise him - everyone is busy with their own affairs.

Tarantiev. The fifth to come to Oblomov is his fellow countryman Tarantiev, a swindler and scoundrel. He was “a man of a lively and cunning mind; no one can judge any general everyday question or legal complicated matter better than him< … >Meanwhile, twenty-five years ago he himself was assigned to some office as a scribe, and in this position he lived until gray hair. It never occurred to him or anyone else that he should go higher. The fact is that Tarantyev was a master of just talking...”

Alekseev and Tarantyev visit Oblomov constantly - they go to him “to drink, eat, smoke good cigars.” But they irritate the hero. The only person close to him whom he remembers all the time is Andrei Stolts. He should return from his trip soon. He could solve all of Oblomov's problems.

Tarantiev scolds Oblomov for lying down all the time, forces him to go to the estate to restore order there, and offers to solve the problem of finding another apartment simply - move to live with his godfather. Oblomov does not accept Tarantiev’s advice. The guests are leaving.

Oblomov's life in St. Petersburg. At first, the hero was full of aspirations and dreamed of many things: about success in the service, about a role in society, about starting a family. He was still preparing to start living, but he did not move one step closer to his dreams.

Oblomov, brought up in an atmosphere of love and kindness, perceived service as “some kind of family activity, like, for example, lazy writing down income and expenses in a notebook, as his father did.”

He believed that officials were “a friendly, close family, vigilantly concerned about mutual peace and pleasure, that visiting a public place is by no means an obligatory habit that must be adhered to every day, and that slush, heat or simply indisposition will always serve as sufficient and legitimate excuses for not holding office.” But I realized that “it would take at least an earthquake to prevent a healthy official from coming to work.”

All this filled him with fear and boredom. So Oblomov served for two years. One day he sent a dispatch to Arkhangelsk instead of Astrakhan. Frightened, he went home, called in sick, and then resigned altogether. With women, Ilya Ilyich limited himself to “worship from afar.”

Oblomov “every day became more and more firmly established in his apartment. At first it became difficult for him to stay dressed all day; then he was too lazy to dine at a party, except at briefly acquainted, mostly single houses, where he could take off his tie, unbutton his vest, and where he could even “lounge” or sleep for an hour.” Soon he got tired of this too.

Only Stoltz managed to get Oblomov out of the house, but Stoltz was often absent.

Until the age of fifteen, Ilya Ilyich studied at a boarding school, “of necessity, he sat upright in class, listened to what the teachers said, because nothing else could be done, and with difficulty, with sweat, with sighs, he learned the lessons given to him.” Reading tired him, only “the poets touched him to the quick.” While reading, “no matter how interesting the place where he stopped was, but if the hour of lunch or sleep found him at this place, he put the book down with the binding facing up and went to dinner or put out the candle and went to bed.” As a result, his head “was like a library, consisting of only scattered volumes on different parts knowledge."

Zakhar. Oblomov's servant is over fifty years old. He is grumpy, unkempt and awkward. It's fun to watch how Zakhar argues with the owner over every little thing, and he constantly reproaches the servant for sloppiness and laziness. Zakhar is rude and roguish (he steals change from purchases), but is devoted to his master.

“He would not think of burning or drowning for him, not considering this a feat worthy of respect or some kind of reward.” Zakhar nursed little Oblomov. “Just as Ilya Ilyich could neither get up, nor go to bed, nor be combed and put on shoes, nor have dinner without Zakhar’s help, so Zakhar could not imagine another master, besides Ilya Ilyich, another existence, how to dress him, feed him, be rude to him, to dissemble, lie and at the same time inwardly reverence him.”

Doctor's visit. Ilya Ilyich's squabble with Zakhar is interrupted by the arrival of the doctor, who, after listening to Oblomov's complaints, warns that if he does not change his lifestyle, then in a couple of years he will have a stroke.

All the problems that befell Oblomov at once plunge him into anxious thoughts. He “painfully felt that some good was buried in him, as in a grave, bright beginning like gold in the depths of a mountain." But this treasure is “deeply and heavily littered with rubbish, alluvial debris.” “However... it would be interesting to know... why am I... like this?” - the hero asks himself. Bitter reflections upset Oblomov, but “sleep stopped the slow and lazy flow of his thoughts.”

Oblomov's dream. The hero sees in a dream his childhood, his parents, his carefree life in his beloved Oblomovka. He is seven years. He wakes up in his crib. The nanny dresses him and takes him to his mother. All household members shower the boy with affection and praise.

After this, feeding him with buns, crackers and cream begins. Then the mother lets Ilyusha go for a walk with strict instructions to the nanny not to leave the child alone and not to let him into the ravine - the most dangerous place in the area. The day in Oblomovka passes slowly. The father sits by the window and watches everything that is happening in the yard.

The mother spends three hours talking to the tailor about how to alter Ilyusha’s jacket from her husband’s sweatshirt, then she goes to watch the apples being filled in the garden.

The most important concern is dinner, after which everyone sleeps (the coachman in the stable, the gardener under a bush in the garden, etc.), Nanny tells Ilyusha scary fairy tales in which it is not the hero’s courage, but the help of a good sorceress that leads to a happy ending.

Growing up, Ilya Ilyich realized “that there are no honey and milk rivers, no good sorceresses,” but “his fairy tale is mixed with life, and he sometimes unconsciously feels sad, why is a fairy tale not life, and why is life not a fairy tale.” Oblomov “is drawn to the direction where they only know that they are walking, where there are no worries and sorrows; he always has the disposition to lie on the stove, walk around in a ready-made, unearned dress and eat at the expense of the good sorceress.”

Ilya also dreams of his German neighbor Stolz, with whom the boy went to study. Ilya is inseparable from his son, Andryusha.

Pried Stoltsa. While the master is sleeping, Zakhar gossips about him with the janitor, women and lackeys, then tries to wake Oblomov. Andrei Stolts, who has just arrived, laughs as he watches the scene of his friend’s bickering with Zakhar.

Andrey Stolts is a successful and hardworking person. He was “only half German, through his father: his mother was Russian; he professed the Orthodox faith; his natural speech was Russian.” From his father he received a strict German upbringing, from his mother he inherited tenderness and kindness.

When Stolz graduated from the university, his father did not allow him to live at home and sent his son to St. Petersburg. The same age as Oblomov, Stolz grew up with him, then served, retired, acquired a house and money. Participates in a company that ships goods abroad. “He is all made up of bones, muscles and nerves, like a blooded English horse.”

Stolz, a man with strong character, considered himself happy and stubbornly walked along his chosen path. He shared a happy childhood with Oblomov.

Stolz often took time off from work and went to a friend’s house to “sit on a wide sofa and, in a lazy conversation, take away and calm an anxious or tired soul.” Stolz is characterized by constant activity, but he had no unnecessary actions; “he controlled sorrows and joys, like the movement of his hands, like the steps of his feet, or how he dealt with bad and good weather.”

Stolz is trying to change Oblomov's life. Andrei is outraged by his friend’s lifestyle and tries to stir him up - he takes him out into the world. They make visits all week long. Oblomov gets tired of the unusual bustle and tells Stoltz that he doesn’t like this kind of life.

And when asked which one he likes, he formulates his ideal, actually retelling own dream. He would like to live in the village with his wife. To live the way his fathers and grandfathers lived in Oblomovka: to dream, admire nature, have a delicious dinner, and in the evenings listen to the aria “Casta diva” in the living room. Stolz does not understand such an ideal: “Some kind of ... Oblomovism.”

He plans to take his friend abroad with him in two weeks, but in the meantime he promises to introduce Oblomov to Olga Ilyinskaya, who beautifully performs his favorite aria.

Oblomov's question. Meet Olga Ilyinskaya. The next day Ilya Ilyich woke up in alarm. He is tormented by his friend’s words about Oblomovism; “He grabbed a pen, pulled a book out of the corner and in one hour wanted to read, write and change his mind everything that he had not read, written or changed his mind in ten years.

What should he do now? Go forward or stay?” Solving this Oblomov issue was more important to him than anything else. “To go forward means suddenly throwing off a wide robe not only from your shoulders, but also from your soul, from your mind; together with the dust and cobwebs from the walls, sweep the cobwebs out of your eyes and see clearly!” He was almost ready to take decisive action, “he stood up from his chair, but did not immediately hit his shoe with his foot and sat down again.”

Having introduced Oblomov to Olga Ilyinskaya, Stolz went abroad, taking his friend’s word that he would come to him in Paris. The passport was ready and ordered
travel coat, and friends—some with laughter, some with fear—discussed Oblomov’s departure. But the day before he was bitten by a fly - his lip was swollen, and this became a reason to postpone his departure. Oblomov did not leave after a month or three. Oblomov does not respond to Stolz’s “frantic letters.” Now he lives in the country, reads. “There is no sleep, no fatigue, no boredom on my face.

Even colors appeared on him, there was a sparkle in his eyes, something like courage or, at least, self-confidence. You can’t see the robe on him.” And the reason for everything is Olga, for whom he felt love.

Oblomov and Olga. Meeting in the park, explanations, excitement and hopes - the happy heroes are filled with wonderful feelings.

Olga lives with her aunt. This was a house “where everything was a little prim, where not only would you not be offered to take a nap after dinner, but where it was even uncomfortable to cross your legs, where you had to be freshly dressed, remember what you were talking about - in a word, you could neither doze off nor fall asleep” . Stolz thought that if “you bring into Oblomov’s sleepy life the presence of a young, pretty, intelligent, lively and partly mocking woman, it’s the same as bringing a lamp into a gloomy room, from which an even light will spill into all the dark corners.”

But Stolz did not foresee that this acquaintance would change the lives of the heroes. Olga feels changes in herself - thanks to her flared up feelings for Oblomov, she looks at life differently. It seems to Ilya Ilyich that Olga is cold towards him and stops visiting her.

He wants to go to the city and return to his old way of life. Zakhar, having accidentally met Olga, innocently informs her about Oblomov’s condition and his desire to leave for the city. She, through Zakhar, makes an appointment for Ilya in the park and, upon meeting, makes it clear to Oblomov about the seriousness of her feelings.
. . . XII

The development of relations between Olga and Oblomov. Heroes often meet in the park. Olga fights with all her might against Ilya Ilyich’s apathy - she takes him for walks, doesn’t let him sleep, forces him to read, and go to concerts.

Oblomov does everything to please Olga: “he wrote several letters to the village, changed the headman and entered into relations with one of the neighbors through Stolz. He would even go to the village if he considered it possible to leave Olga. He hasn’t had dinner and for two weeks now he doesn’t know what it means to lie down during the day.” They both experience a deep feeling.

One day Oblomov woke up gloomy - he did not believe that Olga could love him, because, in his opinion, people like him cannot be loved. He writes to her in a letter that he is breaking off relations with her. Olga reads the letter and cries, and Ilya Ilyich watches this, hiding. He sees her tears and asks for forgiveness - everything returns to its place. Summer ends. The lovers see each other every day. Oblomov enjoys happiness and one day proposes to Olga, which she accepts.

Love and housing problem. Tarantiev comes to Oblomov and demands that he pay for the apartment rented on the Vyborg side. Ilya Ilyich recalls that on the day of moving to the dacha, he signed the contract that Tarantiev slipped to him without looking.

Oblomov, in love, does not want to think about business - he goes to Olga, determined to announce an official proposal to her aunt. But Olga does not let him in, believing that first he must finish his business and decide where they will live after the wedding.

Oblomov goes to the Vyborg side, meets the owner of the apartment - Agafya Pshenitsyna, Tarantiev's godfather. “She was about thirty. She was very white and full in the face, so that the blush, it seems, could not break through her cheeks.”

Oblomov unsuccessfully tries to explain to the landlady that he does not need the apartment. Agafya seems to him to be a narrow-minded but pleasant woman (“She has a simple but pleasant face< … >must be kind woman!"). Oblomov is unable to resolve the housing issue because her brother Mukhoyarov, who does not want to miss out on the benefits, is in charge of the affairs.

Oblomov's move to the Vyborg side. At the end of August, Olga moves from her dacha to a city apartment, and Oblomov is forced to settle on the Vyborg side, in the house of Agafya Pshenitsyna. He already manages to evaluate the landlady’s pies, and Mukhoyarov demands to pay the entire amount for the apartment. Oblomov wants to announce to everyone his intention to get married, but Olga asks to first settle matters in Oblomovka.

Oblomov lives with Pshenitsyna and goes to Olga for lunch. Their dates are becoming less and less frequent. Oblomov himself no longer believes that he recently wanted to get married.

Oblomov and Olga meet less and less often. One day Olga sends Oblomov a letter, setting up a date. The heroes meet secretly: people have been gossiping about them for a long time, but there is still no official proposal. Now Olga convinces Oblomov to talk about their relationship with their aunt, and he asks to postpone the conversation until all problems are resolved.

Olga invites Ilya Ilyich to come to them for lunch tomorrow. But the hero is afraid of gossip. He writes to Olga that he has a cold and will not be able to come. Winter is coming, and Oblomov still hasn’t been to Olga.

Olga's last attempt. Ilya Ilyich spends time at home with Pshenitsyna and her children - Masha and Vanya. He still does not dare to go to Olga, saying he is sick. Olga, disdaining secular decency, comes to Oblomov herself. Seeing her, the hero perked up. He's happy again.

Mukhoyarov's deceit. Oblomov receives a letter from the village from a neighbor to whom he wanted to transfer management of his estate by proxy. The neighbor refuses to help (he has a lot of things to do) and warns that Oblomov will face big losses.

The hero is upset: it is impossible to get married, he must go to Oblomovka himself. He also does not dare to borrow money. Mukhoyarov advises hiring a manager so as not to go to the village, and proposes Mr. Zatyorty, his colleague, for this position.

Oblomov likes this proposal. Mukhoyarov thanks Tarantiev for Oblomov, who is so easy to deceive. The worn-out one will now begin to siphon money from Oblomovka under the guise of an honest manager. Mukhoyarov is delighted with the naivety and gullibility of his tenant.

A break up. Oblomov tells Olga that he has found the manager of the estate, and now they have to wait a year until everything is settled before the wedding. Olga is surprised how Oblomov could entrust matters to to a stranger. There is bitterness in her soul, she is disappointed that he does not want to do anything himself, that he is lazy and that it is impossible to change this.

At the end of the conversation she feels sick. When she wakes up, she says: “The stone would come to life from what I did. Now I won’t do anything, not even take a single step, I won’t even go to the Summer Garden: everything is useless - you’re dead! I only recently found out that I loved in you what I wanted to have in you, what Stolz showed me, what we invented with him. I loved the future Oblomov! Who cursed you, Ilya? You are kind, smart, gentle, noble... and... you are dying! What ruined you? There is no name for this evil...” Oblomov replies: “There is< … >Oblomovism!

The characters break off their relationship. Oblomov comes home, he begins to have a fever from his experience. Zakhar puts on a robe mended by Agafya Pshenitsyna - the same one that he wanted to throw away when he met Olga.

A year has passed since Oblomov’s breakup with Olga Ilyinskaya. Ilya Ilyich came to his senses. To the joy of Agafya Pshenitsyna, “Oblomov, seeing the hostess’s participation in his affairs, once suggested to her, as a joke, that she take all the worries about his food upon herself and save him from all the hassle.” He becomes close to Agafya - he feels comfortable and cozy with her.

She sees the meaning of her life in giving him peace and comfort, “this has become her pleasure.” Oblomov pays attention to the widow and even offers to go with him to the village. Zatyorty sent the proceeds from the sale of bread, but was unable to collect the quitrent, which he reported to Oblomov in a letter. But he was satisfied with the amount sent.

Stolz at Oblomov's. Summer. Oblomov celebrates his name day. Stolz comes to him. He tells his friend that Olga left for Switzerland after breaking up with him. She asked Stolz not to leave Oblomov - to bother him in every possible way so that he “wouldn’t die at all, wouldn’t be buried alive.” Stolz learns that Oblomov’s income from the estate has fallen and understands that the manager is deceiving him. He kicks him out and takes matters into his own hands.

Mukhoyarov's scam. The next day Tarantiev and Mukhoyarov meet. They are upset that Stolz uncovered their scam, destroyed the power of attorney to conduct business for Zatyorty and himself rented Oblomovka. They are afraid that he will find out that the rent was actually collected, and Tarantyev, Mukhoyarov and Zatyorty divided the money among themselves.

Mukhoyarov has a new plan: he wants to blackmail Oblomov about his relationship with Pshenitsyna and demand from the hero a promissory note for ten thousand in her name. Mukhoyarov wants to accuse Oblomov of indecent behavior and extract money from him.

Olga and Stolz. The chapter tells about what happened between Olga and Stoltz before Stoltz appeared at Oblomov’s. They met by chance in Paris, then became close. Olga told Andrey the love story of her and Oblomov. Stolz was glad that Olga’s lover was not someone else, but Oblomov. He proposes to Olga.

A year and a half has passed. Stolz visits Oblomov again. Ilya Ilyich became flabby, began to drink, and his robe became even more worn. He became poor. Pshenitsyna’s brother carried out his plan - he did not leave money to either Oblomov or his sister. Now Agafya, in order to feed Oblomov, began to pawn her things.

Andrei, seeing his friend’s pitiful situation, pins him against the wall and finds out about the loan letter that he signed. Stolz demands a receipt from Agafya Matveevna stating that Oblomov does not owe her anything. She signs the paper. Stolz is going to punish the swindler Mukhoyarov.

He turns to Mukhoyarov’s boss, and the swindler loses his position. Ilya Ilyich breaks off relations with Tarantiev. Stolz tries to take Oblomov away, but he plaintively asks to wait only a month.

Several years pass. Olga and Stolz live in Odessa, they already have children. They are surprised at their happiness, not understanding why it fell to their lot. “The years passed, but they did not get tired of living.” Stolz is “deeply happy with his full, exciting life, in which an unfading spring bloomed.”

Together with Olga, he often remembers Oblomov and is going to visit a friend in St. Petersburg.

Several years pass. Ilya Ilyich still lives with Agafya Matveevna. He also fulfilled his dream - everything in his life now resembles the old Oblomovka. He “ate appetizingly and a lot, as in Oblomovka, walked and worked lazily and little, also as in Oblomovka.

Despite the growing summer, he carelessly drank wine, currant vodka and even more carelessly slept for a long time after dinner.” There is order and abundance in Ilya Ilyich’s house. He and Agafya have a three-year-old son, named Andryusha in honor of Stolz.

One day, Oblomov’s serene life was interrupted by an apoplexy. Agafya left him, and this time everything ended well. Arriving Stolz is amazed at how hopelessly his friend is stuck in the swamp of apathy and laziness. He makes a last attempt to take Ilya Ilyich away. But Oblomov refuses.

Stolz says that Olga is waiting for him in the carriage, she wants to enter. But Oblomov asks Andrei not to let her into the house and leave him forever. His last request addressed to Stolz: “Don’t forget my Andrey!” Stolz returns to his wife, she wants to enter the house, but he does not let her in. “What’s going on there?” - Olga asks. Stolz answers in one word: “Oblomovism!”

Another five years passed. Agafya has been widowed for three years now - Oblomov has died. A year after meeting Stolz, Oblomov suffered a second apoplexy. He survived it, but became weak, began to eat little, and became silent and thoughtful. No one saw Oblomov's last minutes. He died “without pain, without suffering, as if a watch had stopped and they had forgotten to wind it.”

Agafya has lost the meaning of life. The years she lived with Oblomov shed a quiet light on her whole life. She had nowhere to go and nothing more to desire. Her son from her first marriage completed a course in science and entered the service, her daughter got married, and Andryusha was asked to be raised by the Stoltsy.

Agafya often visits him, and she lives with her brother’s family. Mukhoyarov, with the help of all sorts of tricks, returned to his previous place, and everything in the house became the same as before Oblomov’s appearance. Agafya Pshenitsyna refused to receive income from Oblomovka - she told Stolz to save this money for Andryusha, “he is a gentleman, but I will live like this.”

The fate of Zakhara. One day Stolz and a literary friend walked past a church. The mass ended, the people poured out of the church, and the beggars were ahead of everyone. In one poor old man, Stolz recognized Oblomov’s former servant, Zakhar. In Pshenitsyna’s house, where her brother and his family settled again, there was no place for Zakhar. He tried to get a job with the new masters, but the old, stupid lackey was quickly kicked out from everywhere. So Zakhar became a beggar.

Stolz invited Zakhar to live in his village, but Zakhar refused - he did not want to leave the grave of his master. “I don’t feel like going from here, from the grave! The Lord has taken away such a master! He lived for the joy of people, if only he could live a hundred years,” Zakhar laments.

The writer is interested in the story of Zakhar and his master. Stolz regrets the fate of Oblomov (he was no stupider than others, his soul was pure and clear, like glass; noble, gentle, and - disappeared!). And Stolz tells the writer a story that the reader already knows about from this novel),

Part 1

1. IN Ilya Ilyich Oblomov lived on Gorokhovaya Street in St. Petersburg. He was incredibly fat for his age. At home he dressed in a robe of incredible size. Oblomov had a servant named Zakhar. The servant was also lazy, and spent his time free from errands on the sun lounger.

One morning Oblomov called his servant to him. Between Zakhar and Ilya Ilyich A quarrel broke out over a lost letter and handkerchief. The letter contained a request that Oblomov restore order in the village, but Ilya Ilyich is not in the mood to go there, and besides, another problem has fallen on his head - the owners of the apartment are asking Ilya Ilyich to move out.

2. Oblomov was visited by the young and active Volkov, a friend of Ilya Ilyich, thirty-five years old. Volkov invited Oblomov to go for a ride with the ladies, but Ilya Ilyich, due to his laziness, refused his friend. Oblomov tried to ask his comrade for advice regarding his problems, but he was in a hurry and did not give an answer.

After Volkov left, Oblomov deepened in thought, but he was distracted by the doorbell. The new visitor was Sudbinsky, Ilya Ilyich’s comrade in the service. Sudbinsky came to notify his friend about his upcoming marriage. Oblomov promised to think about Sudbinsky’s offer to become his best man and asks him for help in solving his problems. But Sudbinsky, like Volkov, is too preoccupied with business and leaves.

Penkin was the next to visit Oblomov. Ilya Ilyich had a small talk with him on a literary topic, but refused the invitation to Ekateringof.

And after Penkin, an inconspicuous and unremarkable local employee, Alekseev, came to visit. Ilya Ilyich shared with him news from the village.

3. Ilya Ilyich is visited by another guest. It turns out to be Tarantiev. The guest is Oblomov's fellow countryman and is reputed to be a scoundrel and a swindler. Tarantiev came in to eat, drink and smoke a cigar.
Next, the guest's biography is revealed.

4. Oblomov shares his experiences with Tarantiev and his friend invites him to live in the apartment of his godfather. In addition, Tarantiev advised his friend to stop by and try to settle matters in the village.

5. This chapter reveals to us the biography of the main character. Oblomov is the successor of the noble family. After the death of his parents, he inherited an estate - the village of Oblomovka with peasants, including the servant Zakhara. At a young age, Oblomov was full of strength and goals, but over time he became lazy. One day at work I made a mistake and sent mail to the wrong correspondent. To avoid trouble, Oblomov quit his two-year service and sat at home from that very day.

Oblomov still has one bosom friend - Stolz.

6. Until the age of 15, Oblomov studied at a boarding house. After that, he studied a course in legal proceedings, and therefore was considered an educated person. But in fact, Oblomov could not draw up even the most basic document.

7. This chapter introduces the reader to the story of Zakhar. Zakhar has been in Oblomov’s service since his childhood. At the time of the story he was already about fifty years old. While serving the Oblomov family, Zakhar did not hesitate to steal small things and could drink. The servant looked sloppy, washed occasionally and did not take care of his beard. But he was devoted to the owner with all his soul.

8. Ilya Ilyich decides to write to the owners of his home, but he cannot express his thoughts. Zakhar reminds him that bills need to be paid. For three months the amount turns out to be more than two hundred rubles.

Here Oblomov is visited by another guest - a doctor. He tells Ilya Ilyich that he urgently needs to take care of himself and his health, or he risks dying from a stroke. It's best to go abroad. The doctor’s speech extremely outrages Oblomov.

9. Oblomov falls asleep. He has a dream about a carefree childhood and his parents. Little Oblomov is 13 years old. In the dream, he walks with his nanny in the garden, and then begins preparations for dinner.

10-11. While Ilya Ilyich is dreaming, the servant Zakhar starts gossiping with the servants of other residents of the house. Then he visits a pub and then returns home. As Oblomov ordered, Zakhar wakes him up. Immediately, a childhood bosom friend, Stolz, comes to visit.

Part 2

1. In this chapter we learn about Stolz’s life. His father was a German and ruled the village. When little Andrei Stolz grew up, dad began to take him with him to the fields and to the factory, and later, from Stolz’s rules, to study at a boarding house.

2. Goncharov describes the character and lifestyle of Stolz. Unlike the lazy Oblomov, Andrei Stolts was active and purposeful. Here we learn about the life, activities and character of Stolz. Such different people Children's friendship binds tightly. Andrei Stolts greatly appreciates Ilya Oblomov for his naive, kind, pure soul.

3. Stolz visits Ilya Ilyich’s apartment with things and suitcases. Andrei wants to bring Oblomov into the public eye and take him to social events. Oblomov accepted such ideas without enthusiasm, but nevertheless began to get ready.

4. In a week active life, regular guests and meetings, Oblomov is getting tired. He doesn't understand all the fuss. Stolz offers a last attempt to bring his friend out of his apathetic state and invites Oblomov abroad.

5. Two weeks after his visit, Stolz leaves for England, but arranges a meeting with Oblomov in Paris. Ilya Ilyich begins preparations for the trip and gets a passport. But in the end, he stays at home.

Three months pass. Oblomov lives in his dacha and often meets with Olga Ilyinskaya. Stolz introduced them.

Once Oblomov heard Olga singing and, out of an excess of feelings, expressed his love for her. Olga was embarrassed, and Oblomov left for his home.
Also, the servant Zakhar developed a relationship with the cook Anisya and soon they got married.

6. After a while it happens chance meeting Oblomov with Olga in the forest. Ilya Ilyich apologizes for his words. Olga is also not indifferent to Oblomov, but does not talk about it.

7. Ilya Ilyich Oblomov is invited to dinner at Ilyinskaya’s. When they come to visit, they start a nice conversation about feelings, but neither one opens his feelings first. Olga goes to her room and leaves Oblomov for the whole day with her aunt.

8. It's time for lunch. At the table Olga is imperturbable and cold. Ilya Ilyich cannot understand her behavior. After lunch, Oblomov decides not to visit Olga anymore. Servant Zakhar conveys Olga’s request to Oblomov for a meeting. Oblomov gladly accepts the invitation. In the park, Olga hints to Ilya Ilyich about her feelings with lines from the book.

9. A month has passed since Olga and Oblomov met. Every day they walk through the park. Olga tries to fight Oblomov’s apathy and laziness and constantly assigns him tasks. Ilya Ilyich does not contradict Olga, he tries to please her, but he feels like he is at work.

10. In the morning Oblomov wakes up with the thought that a girl like Olga cannot love him. Puzzled by his thoughts, Ilya Ilyich decides to write Olga a letter in which he breaks off the relationship. Olga, having received such news, was saddened. Oblomov decides to ask for forgiveness for his action. Olga forgives Ilya Ilyich and their relationship resumes.

11. Andrei Stolts invites his friend to Switzerland, but Oblomov does not want to go there. Ilya Ilyich corresponds with a neighbor on the estate in the hope that he will decide to help. Instead, the neighbor suggests that Oblomov build a road to the neighboring village, but Ilya Ilyich does not agree.

Olga and Oblomov's feelings are strengthened. Ilya Ilyich feels happy, and Olga hides her sadness.

12. Oblomov finally decides to ask Olga to marry him. Ilyinskaya expected this and gives her consent without unnecessary emotions. Oblomov is puzzled by this reaction, because he expected a more emotional reaction. Olga gives Oblomov a kiss and he falls at her feet.

Part 3

1. Oblomov visits Tarantiev in order to collect money for a rented apartment in the Vyborg side. Oblomov does not live in the apartment, but he has signed a contract. He has no money, so Ilya Ilyich promises his comrade to give it to him later. During the conversation, Tarantiev speaks impartially about Stolz. Ilya Ilyich is outraged by this and begins to scream. Tarantiev was surprised by this reaction and left.

2. Oblomov decides to go to the apartment he rented and there meet the owner, who is also Tarantiev’s godfather, Agafya Pshenitsyna. Ilya Ilyich tries to explain to the landlady that he is not going to live here, but Agafya cannot understand Oblomov’s abstruse speech.

3. At the end of summer, Olga and her aunt come to the city, and Oblomov still moves to a rented apartment. Mistress Agafya takes care of him, feeds him baked goods and treats him to delicious coffee. Oblomov’s meetings with Olga continue, but now they are not of such a romantic nature. Ilya Ilyich often attends dinners with Olga. Oblomov wants to tell Olga’s aunt that they are engaged. Olga is against this, because she believes that first he needs to resolve matters in his village.

One day, Agafya’s brother comes to Ilya Ilyich and offers him to move out of the apartment early if he pays the money according to the contract. Oblomov does not have that kind of money, so he continues to rent an apartment.

4. Oblomov continues to visit Olga and still lives in a rented apartment. One day Zakhar brings news that everyone has been gossiping about the upcoming wedding of Olga and Oblomov for a long time. Oblomov is upset that people are gossiping about their relationship.

5. Olga asks Oblomov for a secret meeting in the Summer Garden. Oblomov agrees. At the meeting, he shares with the bride that people are gossiping about them and that this could have a bad effect on their reputation. Olga, despite this, invites Oblomov to dinner.

6. Fearing rumors, Oblomov skips lunch at Olga’s. The landlady continues to care for Oblomov and hints that she also knows about the upcoming wedding. Oblomov is worried about this.

Olga writes a letter to Ilya Ilyich to find out why he did not come to dinner. Oblomov decides to lie to her about his illness, rejoicing that now he can no longer see her. Olga continues to worry about Oblomov and writes letters to him, inquiring about his health. Ilya Ilyich tells her that he is very ill and has a tumor in his throat.

7. Olga tries to support Oblomov and bring him out of his state of apathy. She brings him books and continues to call him to her, but Ilya Ilyich moves away from her more and more.

8-10. Oblomov is sent news from the village that the estate is almost ruined. Oblomov begins to panic.

11-12. Oblomov decides to talk to Olga and tells her that he will have to postpone his marriage until the issue with the estate is resolved. Olga gets upset. Ilya Ilyich is so immersed in his thoughts that he does not notice it.

Part 4

1. A year has passed since Oblomov broke off relations with Olga. All the peasants fled from his village. Pshenitsyna still cares about Oblomov, because she is in love with him.

2-3. Stolz visits Ilya Ilyich. He learns that things are very bad on the estate and invites Oblomov to sign over the power of attorney to manage the village.

4. Feelings flare up between Ilyinskaya and Stolz. It was hard for Olga to decide on a new relationship, since her first love with Oblomov left a sad mark on her memories.

5-9. Six months after his last visit, Stolz visits Oblomov again. Oblomov began to look very bad and gained even more weight. The landlady and her brother continue to take advantage of their weak character and rob Oblomov. Ilya Ilyich also lives in a rented apartment and suffers an apoplexy.

Stolz and Olga decide to get married.

10-12. Five years pass. Oblomov and Pshenitsyna give birth to a child. The hero's health deteriorates and he soon dies. Agafya finds her only consolation in her son Andrei.

After some time, Olga and Stolz decide to take Andryusha to their place to give him a decent upbringing and education. Pshenitsyna rejoices at this turn and agrees.

Later Agafya also dies.

Part two

Stolz was German only on his father's side, his mother was Russian. Stolz grew up and was brought up in the village of Verkhleve, where his father was a manager. Since childhood, Stolz was accustomed to science. But Andrei also loved to play pranks, so his nose and eye were often broken. His father never scolded him for this, he even said that this is how a boy should grow up.

The mother was very worried about her son. She was afraid that Stolz would grow up like his father - a real German burgher. In her son she saw the ideal of a gentleman. And she cut his nails, curled his locks, read him poetry, sang songs, played works of great composers. And Andrei grew up on the soil of Russian culture, albeit with German inclinations. After all, Oblomovka and the prince’s castle were nearby, where the owners often visited, who had nothing against friendship with Stolz.

The boy’s father did not even suspect that all this surrounding would turn “the narrow German track into such a wide road that neither his grandfather, nor his father, nor himself had ever dreamed of.”

When the boy grew up, the father let his son leave home so that he could continue to build his life on his own. Father wants to give his son “the right addresses” the right people, but Andrei refuses, saying that he will go to them only when he has his own home. The mother cries as she sees off her son. Andrei hugged her and also burst into tears, but pulled himself together and left.

Stolz is the same age as Oblomov. He is always on the move. He walked through life firmly and cheerfully, perceiving everything clearly and directly. Most of all he was afraid of imagination, dreams; everything was analyzed and passed through his mind. And he walked and walked straight along the road he had once chosen, bravely walking through all the obstacles.

He was connected with Oblomov through childhood and school. He played the role of a strong man under Ilya Ilyich. In addition, Stolz was attracted by the bright and childish soul that Oblomov had.

Stolz and Oblomov greet each other. Stolz advises Oblomov to shake himself up and go somewhere. Oblomov complains about his misfortunes. Stolz advises removing the headman and starting a school in the village. And he promises to sort everything out with the apartment. Stolz asks if Oblomov goes anywhere, does he go anywhere? Oblomov says no. Stolz is outraged, he says that it is high time to get out of this sleepy state.

Stolz decided to shake Oblomov up; he calls Zakhar to dress the master. Ten minutes later, Stolz and Oblomov leave the house.

Oblomov suddenly found himself in a crowd of people from solitude. So a week passed, then another. Oblomov rebelled, complained, he didn’t like all this fuss, the eternal running around, the play of passions. Where is the man here? He says that the world, society, in essence, are also sleeping, it’s all a dream. No one has a fresh face, no one has a calm, clear look. Stolz calls Oblomov a philosopher. Oblomov says that his life plan is a village, tranquility, wife, children. Stolz asks who Ilya Ilyich is, what category does he consider himself to be? Oblomov says let Zakhara ask. Zakhar replies that this is the master. Stolz laughs. Oblomov continues to draw Stoltz his ideal world, in which peace and quiet reign. Stolz says that Ilya Ilyich chose for himself what his grandfathers and fathers had. Stolz offers to introduce Oblomov to Olga Ilyinskaya, and also says that the world Oblomov painted for him is not life, it is Oblomovism. Stolz reminds Ilya Ilyich that he once wanted to travel and see the world. Where did it all go? Oblomov asks Stolz not to scold him, but rather to help him, because he cannot cope on his own. After all, he just goes out, no one showed him how to live. “Either I don’t understand this life, or it’s no good,” Oblomov concludes. Stolz asks why Ilya didn’t run away from this life? Oblomov says that he is not the only one: “Am I alone? Look: Mikhailov, Petrov, Semenov, Alekseev, Stepanov... you can’t count them: our name is legion!” Stolz decides, without hesitating a minute, to get ready to leave abroad.

After Stolz leaves, Oblomov ponders what kind of poisonous word “Oblomovism” is. What should he do now: move forward or stay where he is now?

Two weeks later, Stolz left for England, taking Oblomov’s word that he would come to Paris. But Oblomov did not budge either after a month or after three. What was the reason? Oblomov no longer lies on the sofa, he writes, reads, and moved to live in the country. It's all about Olga Ilyinskaya.

Stolz introduced Oblomov to her before leaving. Olga is a wonderful creature “with a fragrant freshness of mind and feelings.” She was simple and natural, there was no affectation, no coquetry, no share of lies in her. She loved music and sang beautifully. She was not a beauty in the strict sense of the word, but everyone thought she was. Her gaze embarrassed Oblomov.

Tarantiev in one day moved Oblomov’s entire house to his godfather on the Vyborg side, and Oblomov now lived in a dacha next to the Ilyinsky dacha. Oblomov entered into a contract with Tarantyev’s godmother. Stolz told Olga everything about Oblomov and asked her to keep an eye on him. Olga and Ilya Ilyich spend all their days together.

Oblomov began to dream about Olga at night. He thinks that this is the ideal of calm love that he strived for.

Olga perceived their acquaintance as a lesson that she would teach Oblomov. She has already made a plan for how to wean him from lying down, make him read books and fall in love again with everything that he loved before. So Stolz will not recognize his friend when he returns.

After meeting with Oblomov, Olga changed a lot, became haggard, they were afraid that she even got sick.

During the next meeting, Oblomov and Olga talk about Ilya Ilyich’s proposed trip. Oblomov is not

decides to confess his love to Ilyinskaya. Olga extends her hand to him, which he kisses, and Olga goes home.

Oblomov returned to his room and scolded Zakhar for the garbage that was everywhere in the house. Zakhar by that time had managed to marry Anisya, and now she was in charge of Oblomov’s entire household. She quickly cleaned the house.

Oblomov again lay down on the sofa and kept thinking that perhaps Olga also loves him, but is afraid to admit it. But at the same time, he cannot believe that he can be loved. A man came from Aunt Olga to invite Oblomov to visit. And Oblomov again becomes convinced that Olga loves him. He again wants to confess his love to Ilyinskaya, but he still cannot overcome himself.

Oblomov had to spend this whole day with the company of Olga’s aunt and the baron, the guardian of Olga’s small estate. The appearance of Oblomov in the Ilyinsky house did not excite the aunt; she did not look at the constant walks of Olga and Ilya Ilyich, especially since she heard about Stolz’s request not to take his eyes off Oblomov, to rock him.

Oblomov is bored sitting with his aunt and the baron; he suffers because he made it clear to Olga that he knows about her feelings for him. When Olga finally appeared, Oblomov did not recognize her, it was a different person. It was clear that she forced herself to come down.

Olga is asked to sing. She sings the way everyone else sings; Oblomov did not hear anything bewitching in her voice. Oblomov cannot understand what happened. He bows and leaves.

Olga changed during this time, it was as if she was “listening to the course of life by leaps and bounds.” She has now entered “the sphere of consciousness.”

Oblomov decides to move either to the city or abroad, but away from Olga, he cannot bear the changes that have occurred in her.

The next day, Zakhar told Oblomov that he had seen Olga, told her how the master lived and that he wanted to move

in town. Oblomov became very angry with the talkative Zakhar and drove him away. But Zakhar returned and said that the young lady asked Oblomov to come to the park. Oblomov gets dressed and runs to Olga. Olga asks Oblomov why he hasn’t appeared with them for so long. Oblomov understands that she has grown, has become spiritually superior to him, and he becomes scared. The conversation is about this and that: about health, books, about Olga’s work. Then he decided to take a walk. Oblomov speaks in hints about his feelings. Olga lets him know that there is hope. Oblomov rejoiced at his happiness. So they parted.

Since then there have been no sudden changes in Olga. She was even. Sometimes she remembered Stolz’s words that she had not yet begun to live. And now she realized that Stolz was right.

For Oblomov, Olga was now the “first person”; he talked to her mentally, continued the conversation when they met, and then again in his thoughts at home. He no longer lived the same life and measured his life against what Olga would say. They are everywhere, Oblomov did not spend a day at home, did not lie down. And Olga blossomed, there was more light in her eyes, more grace in her movements. At the same time, she was proud and admired Oblomov, prostrate at her feet.

The love of both heroes began to weigh on them, responsibilities and some rights appeared. But still, Oblomov’s life remained in plans and was not realized. Oblomov was most afraid that one day Olga would demand decisive action from him.

Olga and Oblomov talk a lot and walk. Olga says that love is a duty, and she has enough strength to live her whole life and fall in love. Oblomov says that when Olga is nearby, everything is clear to him, but when she is not there, a game of questions and doubts begins. And neither Oblomov nor Olga lied about their feelings.

The next morning Oblomov woke up in a bad mood. The fact is that in the evening he delved into introspection and came to the conclusion that Olga could not love him, this is not love, but only a premonition of it. And he is the one who turned up first. He decided to write to Olga. Ilya Ilyich writes that the pranks have passed, and love has become a disease for him. And on her part this is not love, it is just an unconscious need to love. And when the other one comes, she will wake up. We don't need to see each other anymore.

Oblomov felt light in his soul after he “unburdened the burden of his soul with a letter.” Having sealed the letter, Ilya Ilyich orders Zakhar to take it to Olga. But Zakhar didn’t take it, but got everything mixed up. Then Oblomov handed the letter to Katya, Olga’s maid, and he himself went to the village.

On the way, he saw Olga in the distance and saw how she read the letter. He went to the park and met Olga there, she was crying.

Oblomov asked what he could do to stop her from crying, but Olga only asked him to leave and take the letter with him. Oblomov says that his soul also hurts, but he refuses Olga for the sake of her happiness. But Olga says that he suffers because someday she will stop loving him, and she is afraid that someday he might stop loving her. This was not love, but selfishness. Oblomov was amazed by what Olga said, especially since it was the truth, which he had so avoided. Olga wishes Oblomov to be calm, because his happiness lies in this. Oblomov says that Olga is smarter than him. She replies that it is simpler and bolder. After all, he is afraid of everything, he believes that you can just stop loving someone like that. She says that the letter was necessary, because it contains all the tenderness and care of Ilya Ilyich for her, his fiery heart - everything for which she fell in love with him. Olga goes home, sits down at the piano and sings as she has never sung before.

At home, Oblomov found a letter from Stolz demanding that he come to Switzerland. Oblomov thinks that Andrei does not know what tragedy is being played out here. For many days in a row, Oblomov does not answer Stolz. He is with Olga again. Some other relationship was established between them: everything was a hint of love. They became sensitive and careful. One day Olga felt bad. She said her heart was hot. But then everything went away. She was tormented by the fact that Oblomov had become closer, dearer, and dearer to her. He was uncorrupted by the light, innocent. And Olga guessed it in him.

Time passed, but Oblomov never budged. His whole life now revolved around Olga and her house, “everything else was buried in the sphere of pure love.” Olga feels that she is missing something in this love, but she cannot understand what.

One day they were walking together from somewhere, suddenly the carriage stopped, and Sonechka, Olga’s old friend, looked out from there. socialite, and her attendants. Everyone looked at Oblomov strangely, he could not stand this look and quickly left. This circumstance made him think again about their love. And Ilya Ilyich decides that in the evening he will tell Olga what strict responsibilities love imposes.

Oblomov found Olga in the grove and said that he loved her so much that if she fell in love with another, he would silently swallow his grief and give her up to another. Olga says that she would not give him up to another, she wants to be happy only with him. Then Oblomov says that it’s not good that they always see each other quietly, because there are so many temptations in the world. Olga says that she always tells her aunt when she sees him. But Oblomov insists that seeing each other alone is bad. What will they say when they find out? For example, Sonechka, she looked at him so strangely. Olga says that Sonechka has known everything for a long time. Oblomov did not expect such a turn. Sonechka, her husband, Olga’s aunt now stood before his eyes, and everyone was laughing at him. Olga wants to leave, but Oblomov stops her. He asks Olga to be his wife. She agrees. Oblomov asks Olga if she, like some women, could sacrifice everything for him, challenge the world. Olga says that she would never take this path, because it ultimately leads to separation. But she doesn’t want to part with Oblomov. “He let out a cry of joy and fell on the grass at her feet.”

Brief retelling the second part of Goncharov’s novel “Oblomov”

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