The big brother of "Oblomov," finally translated anew by Vera Bischitzky after decades – Ivan Goncharov's first novel.

Alexander Fyodorovich Aduyev is still young, and now he is supposed to make a career in the capital. What a devastating day for his mother, Anna Pavlovna! For isn't a young man meant to be protected? Is he ready for the challenges in his career, in love, and in society?

"An Ordinary Story," published in 1847, is the big brother of the world-famous "Oblomov" – a novel that caused a tremendous stir: In its youthful dreamer, contemporaries immediately recognized the hesitant generation torn between old and new in the feudal society that was nearing its end. Anyone who wants to understand Russia must read Goncharov.