In the following two chapters from her book-length study, Dimeni examines Goncharov's use of autobiographical material in his novel A Common Story, surveying the history of autobiography in Russia and discussing possible influences on Goncharov's work

In the following essay originally published in Literaturovedenie. Sbornik statei in 1928, Pereverzev presents a unified assessment of Goncharov's novels, identifying the common traits of his heroes as manifestations of the bourgeois "smart operator" at a time of dramatic social and cultural change in Russia.

In the following essay, Gifford analyzes Goncharov's A Common Story, Oblomov, and The Precipice, comparing these novels with the works of Goncharov's Russian contemporaries and examining critical opinion on the trilogy.

In the following essay, Rozov explores two contrasting views of life—the idealistic and the pragmatic—dramatized in Goncharov's The Same Old Story (A Common Story).

In the following essay, Gosse describes Goncharov's literary influences and the lasting appeal of his novels.