Фрегат «Паллада» (с иллюстрациями)

V sorok let Ivan Goncharov, k tomu vremeni izvestnyĭ peterburgskiĭ pisatelʹ, avtor znamenitogo romana "Obyknovennai͡a istorii͡a", osoznal, chto "obyknovennoĭ" stala i ego zhiznʹ. Po utram - sluzhebnye bumagi, po vecheram - rukopisʹ "Oblomova"… Tak bolʹshe prodolzhatʹsi͡a ne moglo. I vot skromnyĭ kabinetnyĭ chinovnik, "robei͡ushchiĭ pered nachalʹnicheskim vzgli͡adom, boi͡ashchiĭsi͡a prostudy", vykhodi͡ashchiĭ iz doma "tolʹko v sluchae kraĭneĭ nadobnosti", vdrug vspomnil detskie mechty o morskikh prikli͡uchenii͡akh i otpravilsi͡a v krugosvetnoe plavanie na fregate "Pallada". Po vozvrashchenii iz dvukhletnego puteshestvii͡a Goncharov opublikoval knigu "Fregat „Pallada"". Ėto ne nauchnyĭ trud, a skoree obrashchenie k druzʹi͡am ot puteshestvennika-li͡ubiteli͡a, kotoromu interesno vse: pogoda i ėkonomika, arkhitektura i peĭzazhi, novye i͡azyki i neobychnye tradit͡sii, mestnai͡a kukhni͡a, nat͡sionalʹnye kosti͡umy… Odnako li͡uboznatelʹnyĭ turist ostavalsi͡a talantlivym pisatelem: nabli͡udatelʹnostʹ, i͡umor i umenie podobratʹ samoe tochnoe i vyrazitelʹnoe slovo ne ostavli͡ali ego ni na minutu. V nastoi͡ashchem izdanii publikui͡utsi͡a redkie risunki puteshestvennikov - sovremennikov Goncharova.

At the age of forty, Ivan Goncharov, by that time a famous St. Petersburg writer, the author of the famous novel "Ordinary History", realized that his life had become "ordinary". In the mornings — official papers, in the evenings — Oblomov's manuscript...It couldn't go on like this. And so a modest cabinet official, "timid in front of a superior's gaze, afraid of catching a cold," leaving home "only if absolutely necessary," suddenly remembered childhood dreams of sea adventures and set off on a circumnavigation of the world on the frigate Pallada. After returning from a two-year trip, Goncharov published the book The Frigate Pallada. This is not a scientific work, but rather an appeal to friends from an amateur traveler who is interested in everything: the weather and the economy, architecture and landscapes, new languages and unusual traditions, local cuisine, national costumes ... However, the inquisitive tourist remained a talented writer: observation, humor and the ability to choose the most accurate and expressive word did not leave him Not for a minute. This edition contains rare drawings by Goncharov's contemporary travelers.