Lenin’s most loathed novel was a celebration of idleness

19 Oct 2014 | Books

Lenin had a fierce hatred of Oblomovism, which he felt was a disease of the Russian character

THE SPECTATOR magazine has run my review of the great Russian novel Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov, a book loved by the romantic Tolstoy and hated by the utilitarian Lenin. You may read the piece by clicking here. TH

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