Iyo inozikanwa "Oblomov" naIvan Aleksandrovich Goncharov yakanyorwa panguva yema serfdom, sangano raive rakasiyana-siyana - vatengesi nevashambadziri, vanokudzwa uye golts, vanokudzwa uye vanogara. Munhu wose aisafanira kutarisira chingwa chezuva nezuva, aigona kurara pamubhedha masikati masikati. Saka rombo rakange riri Oblomov Ilya Ilyich, jaya, makore makumi matatu nemaviri. Mifananidzo inofananidzwa naOlomov haizove yakakosha: chiso chake chinonakidza, asi meso ake akafa kwazvo, haasviki, haasi kutema, ari pamakore makumi matatu namaviri. Mumuviri wose wakanyorova, wakagadzika, maoko akachena uye akapera.
Sezvo akagamuchira kubva kuna baba naamai vakafa nzvimbo yacho uye vanopfuura mazana matatu serfs munharaunda, Ilya Ilyich akagara muSt. Petersburg, pakati, muimba yakawanda. Handina kuenda kune imwe nzvimbo, yakanga iri kure zvikuru, uye ini ndakanga ndisingadi. Zvose zvese mune imwe nzvimbo iri kure zvakatanga kumhanya musoro. Pakutanga zvinhu zvose zvakafamba zvakanaka, mari inobva kune imwe nzvimbo kupfuura yakafukidza zvose zvinodiwa zvemudiki weimba. Asi mukuru wacho akatanga kutumira tsamba nemakhondi pamusoro pekukundikana kwezvirimwa uye zvimwe zvinetso. Mari gore negore rakava duku. Zvingave zvakajeka kuna ani zvake kuti maneja akanga ane mano uye akanga achiba, asi Oblomov haana kutenda chinhu, asi akachema chete kuti kusanaya kwaiva kuoma gorosi muminda yawo. Tsanangudzo shomanana yeOlomov: kubvumirana muhafu uye kusava nehanya nehupenyu hwako.
Ilya Ilyich Oblomov akagara muPetersburg kwemakore masere, akarara zvakakwana uye akadya, asingatendi achibva pafafa, akapfeka achibatsirwa nemuranda wake, vakwegura Zakhar, avo kwemakore akawanda vakanga vava pamwe chete nemuridzi. Unhu hwaOlomov hunenge husina kukwana pasina kutsanangura muranda wekare. Icho chaiva chechiki, chinokanganisa uye chakasindimara munhu. Aida tenzi wake, asi haana kurasikirwa nemukana wekubata mitsipa yake. Uye sezvo murume wekare Zakhari aivawo mutsva wenhau dzepano, nhasi, ngatiti, anoenda kusuwo uye anoudza munhu wose kuti tenzi wake haarari usiku hwechitatu, anomhanyira kune imwe chirikadzi, uye anopisa husiku humwe nemakadhi, uye anonwa zvakadini kunyanya, pfungwa Hazvizivikanwi.
Uye zuva rinotevera, pasuo rimwechete, anovimbisa munhu wose kuti tenzi wake ari kutaura nezvevakadzi kwemakore matatu haakanganwi zvachose, zvose zvinorara uye kurara, kunyange kana akagara pasi mumakadhi, saka kwete. Uye munhu uyu akaita sei, haadi kunyange kuona waini, kwete icho chinwa! Ndizvo zvaiva Zakhar. Zvisinei, kwakanga kusina kukuvadza kubva pamafungiro ake, munhu wose aiziva uye blabber pachake, uye zvakadini zvaaiva nazvo. Oblomov pachake uye nzeve haitungamiri, zvose zvakafanana kwaari, izvo "kune chirikadzi usiku," iyo "inorara pasi uye inorara." Yechipiri yakanga iri pedyo nechokwadi, Ilya Ilyich akarara nekusingaperi. Akanga akaine utano hwakakwana, kana uremeso-amai vasingaratidzi sehosha.
Uye zvinotsanangurwa naOlomov pachake hazvifadzi. Akange ari munhu ane usimbe, asingagari, asingadi kufunganya zvisina kufanira. Kunyange zvazvo kusati kwaenda kuSt. Petersburg kwakatungamirira hupenyu hwejaya jaya, kwete kune dzimwe nyika mufaro. Asi zvishoma nezvishoma Oblomov akave akasviba uye akarasikirwa nekunaka kwechikwata, haana kubva mumba make kwemakore, aive neshamwari duku. Uye haana kuisa shamwari dzake mune penny. Vose vachauya, vose vanomuka, vanomuka, vanoti, Ilya Ilyich, tichaenda ikoko, ngatiendei pano. Uye iye, kana akabuda panhovo, pakarepo anorara pasi.
Oblomov akanga asina hanya nechinhu chipi nechipi, asi mweya wake wakanga wakasununguka, uye akanga akagadzirira kubhadhara zvitsva kubva muupenyu, nei chirevo chaOmbvvvv chichikunda zvishoma. Akarara, aive, hongu, asi kwete kurara. Uye kamwe, kutarisa pamuti kunze kwehwindo, kunyange kutya kushamiswa, ndiwo mashizha aanogara, anotumbuka, ndokubva atova. Uye mashizha ose ari chikamu chehupenyu hwemuti, munhu wese anozvida. Saka ini Olomov, samashizha, chikamu chehupenyu, chinodikanwa. Saka zvakava zvakanaka kuti aone kushaiwa kwake, uye akatotanga nemisodzi yomufaro. Uye panguva ino iyi muimba yacho yaiva Stolz, munhu oga uyo Oblomov aigara achikwezva.
Zvinoshamisa kuti sezvo Stolz, wokuGermany akaberekerwa, aive akasiyana zvakakwana naOlomov, aiva nebhizimisi, aibatanidzwa mune zvehupfumi, aigara achifamba nemitemo yevashumiri kunze kwenyika, akatungamirira hupenyu hwakanaka uye akarara zvimwe zvisingabatsiri, maawa mashanu kusvika matanhatu pamusi. Uye pano iwe uri, Stolz nokusaremekedza kwakashata kwakadaro kwaiva "chiedza muhwindo" yeIlya Ilyich. Zvisinei, zvose zvekuedza kwaStolz kuita Olomov zvakanyanya kushanda, kumupa kufamba, zvakaputsika zvakachengetedzwa necheya yeIlya Ilyich, yakamanikidzwa, asi yakasimba. Uye ndizvo zvinotsanangurwa naBholomov zvinogona kubhadharwa ne-akanga asina kumira.
Asi rimwe zuva akatora Stolz kunze kweshamwari yake kupinda muchiedza chaMwari ndokumutora kuti anoshanyira Ilyinsky, avo vaimboziva navo. Kuteerera kuimba kwaMwari kwaOlga Sergeevna Ilyinskaya, mukunda we muridzi weimba. Oblomov akanga asingadi mapoka enyika, uye kuimba kweimba kwakanyanya. Asi zvakadaro vakateerera Olga kuimba uye vakanyangarika, vakawira murudo. Zvadaro zvinhu zvakashandurwa kuitira kuti Olga adane naye. Uye zvakare akatanga kutanga chimwe chinhu, zvose ndokuparadzwa. Olga Sergeyevna akagogodza, akagogodza pamasuo akavharwa omweya waOlomov, uye akabva. Pashure penguva yakati akava mudzimai waStolz.
A Oblomov, akaoma Ilya Ilyich, akatamira kuVivborg Side ndokugarisana neimwe chirikadzi, uyo akazova mudzimai wechidiki uye ane rudo. Ilya Ilyich ndokumuroora. Akararama makore manomwe anofara ndokufa kamwe-kamwe kubva pakurohwa, sezvakanga zvataurwa nachiremba.