were totally irrelevant for the 'new Russia' with its social problems that were needed to be solved, Shchedrin argued. Despite all this, The Precipice enjoyed great success. Goncharov remembered: "Stasyulevich related to me, how, every first day of a month, people would queue at the Vestnik Evropys doors as if it were bakers' - those were couriers, eager to grab copies for their subscribers." References External links Novels by Ivan Goncharov 1869 Russian novels Works originally published in Russian magazines