Description
A Common Story follows Alexander Aduev, a young dreamer who arrives in St. Petersburg convinced that love, poetry, and ambition will shape his destiny. Taken in by his uncle, Pyotr Ivanovich Aduev—a man of discipline, calculation, and hard-won experience—Alexander’s romantic idealism is steadily tested by the city’s demands and the practical logic of modern life. Through their escalating clashes, the novel becomes a sharp study of generational conflict: passion versus pragmatism, aspiration versus compromise, and the slow, painful adjustment from youthful illusion to adult realism. With Goncharov’s keen psychological insight and distinctly Russian social perspective, this debut offers more than a coming-of-age tale—it’s a meditation on disillusionment and the cultural shift that turns dreams into duty.
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paperback
Lebooks Editora
Published Sep 30, 2025
379 pages
ISBN: 9786558947660
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First Published
1847
Language
rus
Translation
From: rus
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