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Ivan Goncharov

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Ivan Goncharov

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Birthday: June 18, 1812

Death: September 27, 1891

Educated At: Moscow State University

Manner of Death: Natural Causes

Nationality: Russian Empire

Occupations: Writer

Total quotes: 1

“She attended the French performance, but the play's content now had a connection to her life. She read a book and the book invariably had lines with sparks from her mind, the fire of her emotions flickered here and there, and words spoken the night before were written down, as if the author had overheard how her heart beat.

The forest held the same trees, but their sound had taken on special meaning; she had established a vibrant consonance with them. The birds did not simply twitter and chirp but were saying something to each other. Everything around her spoke and responded to her mood; a flower would blossom and she seemed to hear its breathing.”

— Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov (Penguin Classics)

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