Retelling of the novel “Oblomov” by I.A. Goncharov.
Retelling plan
1. Lifestyle of Ilya Ilyich Oblomov. 2. The story of Stolz, Oblomov’s friend. 3. Stolz introduces Oblomov to Olga Ilyinskaya. Ilya Ilyich falls in love with her. 4. He finds out about her love for him and is happy. 5. The hero of the novel moves to the Vyborg side to Agafya Matveevna Pshenitsyna. 6. Ilya Ilyich gives up his dream of marrying Olga. Explanation with her. 7. Olga agrees to marry Stolz. 8. Oblomov finds his happiness by marrying Agafya Matveevna. Their son Andrei is born. 9. Oblomov dies. The Stolts take his son in to raise him.
Retelling
Part I Chapter 1
In St. Petersburg, on Gorokhovaya Street, in one of the large houses, on the same morning as always, Ilya Ilyich Oblomov lies in bed - “a man of thirty-two or three years old, but with the absence of any definite idea, any concentration in his facial features " Lying down is Oblomov’s usual state. His usual clothes are an old robe, which seems to have grown on Oblomov. This morning Oblomov woke up earlier than usual. He is concerned: the day before he received “an unpleasant letter from the headman.” Oblomov is about to get up, but first decides to drink some tea. His servant Zakhar is used to living the same way as the master: how he lives. Zakhar is old, he always wears a torn gray frock coat and a gray vest. He likes this clothing because it resembles the livery that “he once wore when accompanying deceased gentlemen to church or on a visit.” “The Oblomov house was once rich and famous in its own right, but then, God knows why, it grew poorer, smaller, and finally quietly got lost among the older noble houses.”
Zakhar reports that bills need to be paid, and the owner of the house demands - and not for the first time - that Oblomov move out of the apartment.
Chapter 2
A bell rings in the hallway, and several visitors come to Oblomov one after another. They all call Ilya Ilyich to go for a ride to Yekateringhof, where the St. Petersburg secular society gathers on the first of May. Oblomov tries to talk to each of them about his problems, but no one is interested. Only Alekseev listens to him.
Chapter 3
“... A desperate bell is heard in the hallway... A man of about forty entered... tall... with large facial features... with large protruding eyes, thick lips... It was Mikhei Andreevich Tarantiev, Oblomov’s fellow countryman.” Tarantiev is smart and cunning, he knows everything, but at the same time, “just as twenty-five years ago he was assigned to some office as a scribe, he lived in this position until his gray hairs. The fact is that Tarantiev was a master only of talking...”
Alekseev and Tarantiev are Oblomov’s most frequent visitors. They come to him to drink, eat and smoke good cigars. Other guests come in for a minute. For Oblomov, “one person after his heart” is Andrei Ivanovich Stolts, whom he is looking forward to.
Chapter 4
Tarantyev, knowing that after the death of his parents, Oblomov remained the only heir of three hundred and fifty souls, he is not at all against getting attached to a very tasty morsel, especially since he quite rightly suspects that the elder Oblomov steals and lies much more than reasonable limits. He invites Ilya Ilyich to move to his godfather, on the Vyborg side. Oblomov remembers the elder’s letter, and Tarantyev calls him a fraudster and a liar, advising him to immediately replace him, go to the village and sort everything out himself. “Oh, if only Andrei would come soon! - Oblomov sighs. “He would have sorted everything out...” Tarantiev indignantly reprimands Ilya Ilyich that he is ready to exchange a Russian person for a German. But Oblomov abruptly cuts him off and does not allow him to scold Stolz, a person close to him, with whom they grew up and studied together. Tarantiev, and then Alekseev leave.
Chapters 5 and 6
Oblomov “almost lay down in a chair and, having become sad, plunged either into a doze or into thoughtfulness.” The author talks about Oblomov’s life: “a nobleman by birth, a collegiate secretary by rank, he has been living in St. Petersburg for twelve years without a break.” At first, when he arrived in St. Petersburg, he somehow tried to integrate into the life of the capital, “... he was full of different aspirations, he kept hoping for something, expecting a lot... But days passed after days... he turned thirty years old, and he did not advance a single step in no field... But he was still... preparing to start life... His life was divided into two halves; one consisted of work and boredom - these were synonyms for him; the other - from peace and peaceful fun... He believed that... visiting a public place is by no means an obligatory habit..."
Oblomov somehow served for two years and resigned. So Ilya Ilyich lay down on his sofa. Only Stolz managed to stir him up. But Stolz often left St. Petersburg, and Oblomov “again plunged head over heels into his loneliness and despondency.”
Chapter 7
Zakhar is over fifty, he is passionately devoted to his master, but at the same time he constantly lies to him, robs him little by little, slanders him, sometimes spreads “some incredible things about the master.” He is unkempt, awkward, lazy. In his youth, Zakhar served as a footman in a manor house in Oblomovka, then he was assigned as an uncle to Ilya. He became completely lazy and self-important.
Chapter 8
Oblomov again tends to “bliss and dreams.” He imagines the reconstruction of his village house, his life there. But then the bell rings again. The doctor came to inquire about Ilya Ilyich’s health. Oblomov complains of indigestion, heaviness in the stomach, and heartburn. The doctor says that if he continues to lie down and eat fatty and heavy foods, he will soon have a stroke. He advises Oblomov to go abroad, “to entertain himself with movements in the clean air.” The doctor leaves, and Oblomov again begins to scold Zakhar. Finally Oblomov, tired and exhausted, decides to take a nap until lunch.
Chapter 9
Oblomov's dream. In his sweet dream, Ilya Ilyich sees a past, long-gone life in his native Oblomovka, where there is nothing wild or grandiose, where everything breathes calm and serene sleep. Here they only eat, sleep, discuss news that comes to this region very late; life flows smoothly, flowing from autumn to winter, from spring to summer, to again complete its eternal circles. Here fairy tales are almost indistinguishable from real life, and dreams are a continuation of reality. Everything is peaceful, quiet and calm in this blessed land - no passions, no worries disturb the inhabitants of sleepy Oblomovka, where Ilya Ilyich spent his childhood. Before him, in a dream, like living pictures, the three main acts of life pass in succession: births, weddings, funerals, then a motley procession of cheerful and sad christenings, name days, family holidays, fasting, breaking the fast, noisy dinners, relatives’ congresses, official tears and smiles. .
Everything is done according to established rules, but these rules affect only the external side of life. A child is born - all the worries are that he grows up healthy, does not get sick, eats well; then they look for a bride and celebrate a merry wedding. Life goes on as usual until it ends in a grave.
Chapters 10, 11
While Oblomov is sleeping, Zakhar goes to gossip and relieve his soul at the gate with the neighboring lackeys, coachmen, women and boys. He first scolds his master, then comes to his defense and, having quarreled with everyone, goes to the pub. At the beginning of five, Zakhar returns home and begins to wake up Ilya Ilyich. Having barely woken up, Oblomov sees Stoltz.
Part II Chapter 1
Andrei Stolts grew up in the village of Verkhleve, which was once part of Oblomovka. His father, a village manager, was an agronomist, technologist, teacher, studied at a university in Germany, traveled a lot, and came to Russia twenty years ago. Andrei's mother was Russian; He professed the Orthodox faith. Stolz developed into an unusual personality in many ways thanks to the double upbringing received from a strong-willed, strong, cold-blooded German father and a Russian mother, a sensitive woman who lost herself in the storms of life at the piano.
Chapter 2
Stolz is the same age as Oblomov, but he is the complete opposite of his friend: “... he is constantly on the move: if society needs to send an agent to Belgium or England, they send him; you need to write some project or adapt a new idea to business - they choose it. Meanwhile, he goes out into the world and reads; when he succeeds, God knows.” He goes towards his goal, “bravely walking through all obstacles.” What attracts such a person to Oblomov? This is a “pure, bright and good beginning,” which lies at the basis of Oblomov’s nature.
Chapter 3
Stolz asks his friend about his health and business. He listens to Ilya Ilyich’s complaints about “two misfortunes” with a smile, advises them to give freedom to the peasants, says that he needs to go to the village himself. He’s interested in where Oblomov goes, what he reads, what he’s doing. Stolz himself came from Kyiv and will go abroad in two weeks.
Chapter 4
Stolz wants to stir up Oblomov and takes him with him everywhere for a whole week. He protests, complains, argues, but obeys. Oblomov is struck by the gullibility and insignificance of the thoughts and concerns of the people he sees, vanity and emptiness. He notices everything very subtly, criticizes skillfully, but... “Where is our modest, laboring path?” - asked Stolz. Oblomov replied: “Yes, I’ll just finish... the plan...”
Chapter 5
Two weeks later, Stolz leaves for England, taking Oblomov’s word that he will come to Paris and they will meet there. But Ilya Ilyich “didn’t leave in a month or three.” Stolz writes him letter after letter, but receives no response. Oblomov is not going because of Olga Ilyinskaya, whom Stolz introduced him to before his departure, bringing him to Olga’s aunt’s house. In this girl, Stolz is captivated by “the simplicity and natural freedom of look, word, action,” while Olga considers him her friend, although she is afraid - he is too smart, “too taller than her.”
Chapter 6
During the visit, Oblomov arouses benevolent curiosity in Olga. He himself is shy, lost in her gaze. Returning home, he thinks about her all the time, draws her portrait in his memory. Oblomov is in love, he goes to her every day, rents a dacha opposite the one where Olga lives with her aunt. He confesses his love to Olga.
Chapter 7
Meanwhile, Zakhar found his happiness by marrying Anisya, a simple and kind woman. He suddenly realized that dust, dirt, and cockroaches should be fought, not tolerated. In a short time, Anisya puts Ilya Ilyich’s house in order, extending her power not only to the kitchen, as initially expected, but throughout the entire house.
For several days Ilya Ilyich sits at home, suffering.
Chapter 8
When Stolz left, he “bequeathed” Oblomov to Olga, asking her to keep an eye on him, not letting him sit at home. And the girl draws up a detailed plan for how she will wean Oblomov from sleeping after dinner, force him to read the books and newspapers left by Stolz, and show him his goal. And suddenly this is a declaration of love. Olga doesn't know what to do. But at the next meeting, Oblomov asks for forgiveness for his confession and even asks Olga to forget about him, because it is not true...
These words hurt Olga’s pride. She feels insulted. And then Oblomov, unable to restrain himself, again starts talking about his feelings. She's glad, she's happy. It seems to Oblomov that Olga loves him, although he is overcome by doubts.
Chapter 9
For several days Ilya Ilyich sits at home, suffering. And then Olga sends a letter inviting her to come. She gives him hope. Oblomov comes to life. “In two or three weeks they traveled all around St. Petersburg.” Olga herself does not understand whether she is in love with Oblomov, she only knows that “she never loved her father, mother, or nanny like that.”
Chapter 10
Oblomov again doubts, what if “Olga’s feeling is not love, but just a premonition of love?” He writes her a letter about his doubts, but Olga convinces him that she loves him. Oblomov is happy.
Chapters 11 and 12
Another letter arrives from Stolz, but Oblomov again does not respond to it. Oblomov notices that the neighbors are looking at him and Olga somehow strangely. He is overcome by fear that he will ruin the girl's reputation. He proposes to her, but notices that she accepts the proposal without tears of unexpected happiness. Olga convinces him that she will never want to part with him. Oblomov is immensely happy.
Part III Chapter 1
When Ilya Ilyich returns home, he finds Tarantiev there. Even before Oblomov rented the dacha, Tarantiev transported all his belongings to his godmother on the Vyborg side. He asks why he still hasn’t visited the new apartment, reminds Oblomov about the contract signed for a whole year and demands eight hundred rubles - six months in advance. Oblomov does not want to live with godmother Tarantiev or pay. He sends away a guest who has become unpleasant to him.
Chapter 2
Ilya Ilyich goes to Olga. He wants to tell Olga's aunt about the engagement. But Olga demands that he first get done with his affairs, find a new apartment, and write to Stolz.
Chapter 3
August ends, the rains come, and Oblomov still lives in the country. There is nowhere to move, and they have to settle on the Vyborg side with Agafya Matveevna Pshenitsyna, the widow of the college secretary. The hostess “was about thirty years old. She was very plump and white-faced... Her eyes were greyish-simple, like her entire facial expression.” Oblomov goes to Olga for three days, but on the fourth it seems somehow inconvenient for him to go. In Agafya Matveevna’s house, in front of him, at first imperceptibly, and then more and more clearly, the atmosphere of his native Oblomovka unfolds, what Ilya Ilyich cherishes most in his soul.
Chapters 4, 5 and 6
Gradually, Oblomov’s entire household passes into the hands of Pshenitsyna. A simple, ingenuous woman, she begins to manage Oblomov’s house, preparing him delicious dishes, organizing his life, and again the soul of Ilya Ilyich plunges into a sweet sleep. Only occasionally does the peace and serenity of this dream explode with meetings with Olga, who is gradually becoming disillusioned with her chosen one. Rumors about the wedding of Oblomov and Olga Ilyinskaya are already being discussed between the servants of the two houses. Having learned about this, Ilya Ilyich is horrified: nothing has been decided yet, in his opinion, and people are already moving from house to house conversations about what, most likely, will never happen.
Chapters 7 and 8
Days flow by days, and now Olga, unable to bear it, comes to Oblomov herself. He comes to make sure that nothing will awaken him from his slow descent into final sleep.
Chapter 9 and 10
Meanwhile, Ivan Matveevich Mukhoyarov, Agafya Matveevna’s brother, with the help of Tarantiev, is taking over Oblomov’s estate affairs, so thoroughly and deeply entangling Ilya Ilyich in his machinations that he is unlikely to be able to get out of them.
Chapters 11 and 12
There is a difficult conversation between Ilya Ilyich and Olga, saying goodbye. And at this moment Agafya Matveevna is also repairing Oblomov’s robe, which, it seemed, no one could fix. This becomes the last straw in the torment of Ilya Ilyich, who is still mentally resisting - he falls ill with a fever.
Part IV Chapter 1
A year after Oblomov’s illness, life flowed along its regular course: the seasons changed, Agafya Matveevna prepared delicious dishes for the holidays, baked pies for Oblomov, brewed coffee for him with her own hands, celebrated Elijah’s Day with enthusiasm... And suddenly Agafya Matveevna realized that she had fallen in love with the master.
Chapter 2
Andrei Stolts comes to the Vyborg side and exposes Mukhoyarov’s dark deeds. Pshenitsyna renounces her brother, whom only recently she revered and was even afraid of. Stolz tries to stir up Oblomov, but he fails, and they say goodbye.
Chapter 3
Tarantiev and Ivan Matveevich again conspire against Oblomov.
Chapter 4
Having experienced disappointment in her first love, Olga Ilyinskaya gradually gets used to Stolz, realizing that her attitude towards him is much more than just friendship. And Olga agrees to Stolz’s proposal...
Chapters 5, 6 and 7
Six months later, Stolz reappears on the Vyborg side. Again he helps Ilya Ilyich get rid of Tarantiev. Then, without stirring up Oblomov, he leaves again.
Chapters 8 and 9
A few years later, Stolz comes to St. Petersburg. He finds Ilya Ilyich, who has become “a complete and natural reflection and expression of peace, contentment and serene silence. Peering, pondering his life and becoming more and more accustomed to it, he finally decided that he had nowhere else to go, nothing to look for...” Oblomov found his quiet happiness with Agafya Matveevna, who bore him a son, Andryusha. Stolz's arrival does not bother Oblomov: he asks his old friend just not to leave Andryusha.
“Eternal silence, lazy crawling from day to day, quietly stopped the machine of life. Ilya Ilyich apparently died without pain, without suffering, as if a watch had stopped and they had forgotten to wind it.”
Chapter 10
And after another five years, when Oblomov was no longer there, Agafya Matveevna’s house fell into disrepair and the first role in it began to be played by the wife of the bankrupt Mukhoyarov, Irina Panteleevna, Andryusha was asked to be raised by the Stoltsy.
Living in the memory of the late Oblomov, Agafya Matveevna focused all her feelings on her son: “She realized that she had lost, and her life brightened, that God put his soul into her life and took it out again; that the sun shone in it and darkened forever.” She only asks to save the money for Andryusha.
Chapter 11
And faithful Zakhar is there, on the Vyborg side, where he lived with his master, now asking for alms. He was rescued from the house of Agafya Matveevna Tarantyev, but he did not find a permanent place, so he was forced to beg.
Oblomov. Summary of part 2
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| Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 |
| Chapter 5 | Chapter 6 | Chapter 7 | Chapter 8 |
| Chapter 9 | Chapter 10 | Chapter 11 | Chapter 12 |
Chapter 1
Stolz is German only on his father’s side, his mother was Russian. His father gave him a labor education and taught him all the sciences. Like any child, Andrei loved to play pranks, played with other boys, and often got his nose broken, but his father never scolded him for it.
The mother, who was a governess in a rich house, wanted her son to become a real Russian gentleman, but not a German burgher. She curled Andryusha's curls, read poetry, sang songs, and played the piano.
When Andrei grew up, his father let him leave home so that he could continue to build his life on his own. He gave his son some money and advice on how to get to Moscow and St. Petersburg. Father and son shake hands goodbye.
Chapter 2
Stolz is the same age as Oblomov, he is already over thirty years old. He walks through life firmly and cheerfully, perceiving everything clearly and directly. Most of all, he is afraid of imagination, subjecting everything to strict analysis.
Stolz sets a goal for himself and moves towards it persistently, abandoning the task only if an abyss opens on the way or a wall grows. Stolz always loved Oblomov, he appreciated his bright and kind beginnings, his pure, trusting heart.
Chapter 3
When they meet, Oblomov complains to Stoltz about his health, about his misfortunes, about the fact that “life is touching.” Stolz advises Oblomov to shake himself up, go abroad, and in Oblomovna remove the headman, let the men go, start a school in the village. Oblomov doesn’t like all this.
Stolz says that he is curled up and lying like a lump of dough. Oblomov sadly agrees, but Stolz says that consciousness is not an excuse. He is convinced that he must bring Oblomov out of his sleepy state. Ten minutes later Stolz himself was already dressed, shaved, and combed his hair. Oblomov is dressed by Zakhar, and a friend takes Ilya Ilyich away from home.
Chapter 4
Stolz forces Oblomov to be with him in society. Some time later, Oblomov rebels against all this fuss. He criticizes the world, rightly says that in society you cannot find the interests of the mind, the heart, there are no living people there, they sleep all their lives, they have neither cordiality nor kindness.
Stolz replies that this is inevitable, because something must occupy the light: such is life. We are talking about the ideal of life. Oblomov says that he would go to the village, and with his wife. When Shtolz asks what is stopping him, Oblomov replies that the plan is not over, but describes to his friend what he has already thought about: he wakes up in the morning, goes to the greenhouse with a bouquet for his wife, then they drink tea.
Afterwards - a walk along the alley in the garden, nature, a river, they are sailing in a boat, the wife “steers the oar”... Stolz calls Oblomov a poet. Ilya Ilyich agrees: life, he believes, is poetry.
Oblomov depicts an elegant life in the village, where everyone is blissful, relaxing in the lap of nature, listening to the piano and reading books, interrupting only for meals and sleep, without working at all. Stolz is surprised: he believes that life without work is not life, but Oblomovism.
Ilya Ilyich is sincerely confident that all the fuss of Stolz and others, their work has only one goal - to achieve peace. But Stolz replies that he works for the sake of work itself, and cannot live otherwise.
Stolz reminds his friend that he once wanted to travel and see the world. Oblomov asks Stolz not to scold him, but rather to help him, because he cannot cope on his own. Stolz says that they will soon go abroad, and tomorrow they will begin to worry about a passport. Oblomov would like not tomorrow, but this very second. If it doesn’t work out right away, it means in two months. “It’s now or never,” Stolz replies.
Chapter 5
Ilya Ilyich reflects on the word “Oblomovism,” which, as he decided, is “poisonous.” He wanted to do everything in one hour that he had not done in ten years. What now: go forward or stay where he is now? This question is more painful for him than Hamlet’s.
Two weeks later, Stolz leaves for England, having taken Oblomov’s word that he will come to Paris. But Oblomov did not budge either after a month or after three. On the eve of his departure, his lip was swollen: a fly had bitten him. But now everything in Ilya Ilyich’s life has changed: Tarantiev took his things to his godfather, on the Vyborg side, but Oblomov himself lives in the country. He does not lie down, but writes and reads.
Olga Ilyinskaya will appear in his life. Stolz introduced Oblomov to her before leaving. Olga is a wonderful girl “with a fragrant freshness of mind and feelings.”
She is simple and natural, there is no affectation, no coquetry, no share of lies in her. She loves music and sings beautifully. Stolz told her about Oblomov and asked her to keep an eye on him. During his first visit to the Ilyinskys, Oblomov, feeling awkward, ate a bunch of crackers at the table, Olga noticed this. Under her gaze, Ilya Ilyich becomes terribly disgusted with his robe, ordinary house dust.
Olga sings superbly, and Oblomov becomes exhausted listening to the music. The girl notices that he feels music very deeply, but Oblomov, having forgotten himself, says that he feels not music, but love.
Chapter 6
Olga is at first offended by Oblomov’s insolence, but then realizes that this is proof of his extraordinary soul. Ilyinskaya herself cannot behave like her friend Sonechka, a society girl who knows what to say at any moment.
When meeting in the park, Oblomov feels awkward and apologizes for his words. By extending her hand to him for a kiss, she makes it clear that she favors his feelings. Oblomov picks up the lilac branch that Olga dropped. He is happy.
Chapter 7
At home, Oblomov scolds Zakhara for the dust, calling it Oblomovism. But Zakhar is now helped by his wife, Anisya, another of Oblomov’s servants. Anisya is clever, she doesn’t drop anything, Zakhar understands that she is smarter, and often scolds her for this.
Oblomov meets Olga again in the garden. He returns the lilac branch to her and feels that Olga also loves him, but is afraid to confess his feelings to her again.
Chapter 8
Oblomov spends this entire day not alone with Olga, but in the company of Olga’s aunt and the baron, the guardian of the girl’s small estate. Oblomov’s appearance in the Ilyinskys’ house does not bother the aunt: she heard about Stolz’s request to keep an eye on Oblomov and help awaken him.
Olga forces herself to do what others do. She sings, but like society girls who are asked to sing. Oblomov does not go to the Ilyinskys for several days. Upset, he wants to leave for the city.
One day Zakhar reports that he saw Ilyinskaya’s young lady and that she asked about him. In addition, Zakhar reports, almost forgetting, that Olga asked his owner to come to the park. Oblomov runs, looking for Olga. They talk about life, about how Oblomov lives. Ilyinskaya gives him a branch of lilac, and he says that life is returning to him. But Olga replies that this is only half and we need to look for another, so as not to lose this poetic side of life.
Chapter 9
Olga becomes the main person for Oblomov, he mentally talks to her, starting a conversation when they meet, and then continuing in his thoughts at home. He no longer lives the same life: he reads, does not sleep during the day, does not have dinner, he even wrote letters to the village and changed the headman.
Olga demands movement from him, she herself is growing spiritually, and he must be ready to answer all the questions of her seeking mind. She is proud of her strength and power over Oblomov, admires him, who has thrown off his laziness and thrown himself at her feet.
However, the love of the heroes gradually turns into a duty, and some rights appear. Oblomov dreams of experiencing only the warmth of love - without any worries. He is not very happy that, by the grace of Olga, he is forced to go to the city, take off his boots without Zakhar, and so on.
Olga and Oblomov talk a lot and walk. Ilyinskaya says that love for her is life, and life is a duty, so love is also a duty, and she, Olga, will have enough strength to live and love Oblomov all her life. Ilya Ilyich feels that when Olga is around, everything is clear to him, but when she is not there, a game of questions and doubts begins. And neither Oblomov nor Olga lie about their feelings.
Chapter 10
The next morning Oblomov wakes up in a bad mood. Some obstinate voice tells him that he must live as God commands, and not as he wants, he must not delude himself with happiness.
And Oblomov decides to fulfill his duty and part with Olga. He understands that people like him are not loved, and writes a letter to the girl in which he says that this is Olga’s mistake, this is not love, but only a premonition of love. When the other one comes, she will wake up, and it will be very difficult for him, Oblomov.
The letter was handed over to Olga, but Oblomov goes to the park to look at her again from afar. He sees Olga crying. Ilya Ilyich asks what he can do to stop her from crying, but Olga asks only to leave and take the letter.
Oblomov says that his soul also hurts, but he refuses Olga for the sake of her happiness. However, Ilyinskaya proves to Oblomov that this is selfishness. He is amazed at the justice of her words. But Olga forgives Oblomov, because the letter still shows all the tenderness and care of Ilya Ilyich, his fiery heart - everything for which she fell in love with him.
Oblomov is happy, but he feels that there is no peace in love, it moves like life itself. Passing by Olga's windows, he hears how she expresses her whole soul in singing.
Chapter 11
At home, Oblomov found a letter from Stolz demanding that he come to Switzerland. Ilya Ilyich does not answer, busy with his relationship with Olga. But time passes, and he, in essence, does not budge. Olga feels that she is missing something in this love, but she cannot understand what.
One day Oblomov and Olga meet with a company of socialites - Sonechka and her friends. Oblomov gets strange looks. This circumstance makes him think again about their love.
Ilya Ilyich accuses himself of being a “seducer, a red tape,” and decides that he must extend his hand to Olga with the ring. He imagines how she will express bashful agreement, how they will whisper to each other that their lives will merge into one...
Chapter 12
Oblomov found Olga in the grove. He says that his conscience is tormenting him: they see each other alone. But Ilyinskaya is not afraid of anything, she has already answered Sonechka’s questions. Oblomov is silent in indecision, Olga wants to leave, but the hero begs her to come back, because without her he is a “dead man.” Olga is ironic: what if someone sees it? Then Oblomov on his knees asks Olga to become his wife.
She expresses her agreement by silence. Ilya Ilyich is happy, but somewhat disappointed: instead of a mysterious whisper, Olga tells him that she has been waiting for this step from him for a long time; because she understood all of Oblomov’s decency.
Ilya Ilyich asks if she, like some women, could sacrifice everything for him, defy the world. Olga says that she will never go this way, because it leads to separation. She kisses Oblomov, and he, in a state of inexpressible happiness, falls at her feet.
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