Cliff. In 2 volumes. Set. Goncharov I.A.

The novel “Cliff” (1869) was the completion of the “Trilogy” by I. A. Goncharov, begun by the “ordinary history” and continued by Oblomov. All three novels are included in the Golden Fund of Russian and World Literature and are still successful with readers. The “cliff”, on which the writer worked for twenty years, is often called an encyclopedia of passions. After the novel, Goncharov wrote about the main character of his novel, he wrote: “I was fascinated by the manifestations of passion in the pure and proud nature of a woman and her struggle with her. In general, the process of a diverse manifestation of passion, that is, love, which, no matter what they say, has a huge impact on fate, amazes me everywhere. I involuntarily stirred and exhausted almost all the images of passions in the novel. ”

So, Boris Paradise, a young man leading the life of a free artist, comes to his estate on the Volga. This is a blessed corner where everything pleases the eye: the old house, the delicate greenery of birch and lip, the silver strip of the river, and only the mysterious cliff at the end of the garden scares the inhabitants of the estate associated with him the tradition of a jealous husband who killed his wife and opponent...