Quote of the day
I shall reconsider human knowledge by starting from the fact that we can know more than we can tell,
Ivan Goncharov
Born: June 18, 1812
Died: September 27, 1891 (aged 79)
Bio: Ivan Alexandrovich Goncharov was a Russian novelist best known for his novels A Common Story, Oblomov, and The Precipice. He also served in many official capacities, including the position of censor.
Known for:
- Oblomov (1859)
- A Common Story (1847)
- The Precipice (1869)
- Same Old Story
- Ivan Savich Podzhabrin