Фрегат «Паллада» (с иллюстрациями)

V sorok let Ivan Goncharov, k tomu vremeni izvestniei peterburgskii pisatel, avtor znamenitogo romana «Obieknovennaia istoriia», osoznal, chto «obieknovennoi» stala i ego jizn. Po utram — slujebniee bumagi, po vecheram — rukopis «Oblomova»… Tak bolshe prodoljatsia ne moglo. I vot skromniei kabinetniei chinovnik, «robeushii pered nachalnicheskim vzgliadom, boiashiisia prostudie», viehodiashii iz doma «tolko v sluchae krainei nadobnosti», vdrug vspomnil detskie mechtie o morskih priklucheniiah i otpravilsia v krugosvetnoe plavanie na fregate «Pallada». Po vozvrashenii iz dvuhletnego puteshestviia Goncharov opublikoval knigu «Fregat „Pallada“». Eto ne nauchniei trud, a skoree obrashenie k druziam ot puteshestvennika-lubitelia, kotoromu interesno vse: pogoda i ekonomika, arhitektura i peizaji, noviee iazieki i neobiechniee tradicii, mestnaia kuhnia, nacionalniee kostumie… Odnako luboznatelniei turist ostavalsia talantliviem pisatelem: nabludatelnost, umor i umenie podobrat samoe tochnoe i vierazitelnoe slovo ne ostavliali ego ni na minutu. V nastoiashem izdanii publikuutsia 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.