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2. Love

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During summer in the country, Oblomov's fallen in love with Olga. Back in St Petersburg her patience is tested. Stars Toby Jones.

Gentle, intelligent Oblomov completely fails to deal with life. He lives in a flat in St Petersburg never doing today what he can put off till tomorrow.

During a summer in the country, he has fallen in love with pretty clever Olga. Back in St Petersburg, Olga's patience is put to the test.

Toby Jones stars as Oblomov - a tragic-comic hero for a couch potato generation.

Conclusion of Ivan Goncharov's 1859 novel.

Dramatised by Stephen Wyatt.

Oblomov 鈥�. Toby Jones
Zahar 鈥�. Trevor Peacock
Tarantyev 鈥�. Gerard McDermott
Olga 鈥�. Claire Skinner
Agafya/ Nurse 鈥�. Fiona Clarke
Stolz 鈥�. Nicholas Boulton
Nicolai 鈥�. Harry Myers

Director Claire Grove

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in August 2005.

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