{"product_id":"a-serendipitous-error-and-an-evil-malady-first-english-translation-9781847499110","title":"A Serendipitous Error and an Evil Malady: First English Translation","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is a winter evening, and Yegor Aduyev, the scion of a wealthy family from the landed gentry, slips into the house of Baron Neyleyn with the intention of asking his beautiful daughter, the eighteen-year-old Yelena, to be his wife. Will the besotted lover be successful in his pursuit or will the young coquette - who seems at times to reciprocate his feelings, but who lavished lingering looks on two dashing princes during a recent ball - shatter his hopes, his dreams and his entire world? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Serendipitous Error, written in 1839, when Goncharov was still in his twenties, is accompanied here by another early novella, An Evil Malady and a short fictional fragment. Taken together, these stories - translated for the first time into English - are further proof of the eclectic narrative skills of the celebrated author of Oblomov.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIvan Goncharov (1812-91) was a Russian official, novelist, critic and travel writer, who is best remembered for his masterpiece Oblomov.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Alma Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50509557334290,"sku":"9781847499110","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_03beb6bd-afe4-4d6f-b8f7-171bfe622761.jpg?v=1730901838","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-serendipitous-error-and-an-evil-malady-first-english-translation-9781847499110","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}