The Precipice
  • Published:
    May-1977
  • Formats:
    Print / eBook
  • Main Genre:
    General Fiction
  • Pages:
    319
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Ivan Alexandrovich Goncharov (1812-1891) was one of the leading members of the great circle of Russian writers who, in the middle of the nineteenth century, gathered around the Sovremmenik (Contemporary) under Nekrasov's editorship-a circle including Turgenev, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Byelinsky, and Herzen. He had not the marked genius of the first three of these; but that he is so much less known to the western reader is perhaps also due to the fact that there was nothing sensational either in his life or his literary method. His strength was in the steady delineation of character, conscious of, but not deeply disturbed by, the problems which were obsessing and distracting smaller and greater minds.
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    • First Edition
    • May-1977
    • Hyperion
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 0883554879
    • ISBN13: 9780883554876
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    • Sep-2003
    • Wildside Press
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 1592244599
    • ISBN13: 9781592244591
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    • Oct-2007
    • Echo Library
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 1406862339
    • ISBN13: 9781406862331
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    • Nov-2008
    • IndyPublish.com
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 1437859747
    • ISBN13: 9781437859744
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    • Jul-2009
    • Dodo Press
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 1409970949
    • ISBN13: 9781409970941
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    • Jan-2010
    • HardPress Publishing
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 1407642782
    • ISBN13: 9781407642789
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    • Aug-2003
    • Wildside Press
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1592245323
    • ISBN13: 9781592245321
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    • Nov-2008
    • IndyPublish.com
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1437859526
    • ISBN13: 9781437859522
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    • May-2010
    • Wildside Press
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1434409740
    • ISBN13: 9781434409744
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    • Apr-2010
    • eBooksLib
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1412163137
    • ISBN13: 9781412163132
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    • Mar-2012
    • B&R Samizdat Express
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1455425893
    • ISBN13: 9781455425891
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    • Feb-2014
    • Interactive Media
    • eBook (Kindle)



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