Ivan Goncharov (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
Ivan Alexandrovich Goncharov (guhn-chuh-RAHF) was born into a well-to-do merchant family living the manorial life of Russian gentry. In 1822 Goncharov went to Moscow to study at the School of Commerce, where he became seriously interested in literature. He left the school in 1830 and entered the philological department of Moscow University, graduated in 1834, and began to work as a secretary to the governor of Simbirsk. In 1835 Goncharov left for St. Petersburg to work as a translator in the ministry of finance. Although he was, according to Leo Tolstoy, a thorough townsman, Goncharov...
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