The article examines one of the possible parallels between the protagonists of the novels Oblomov and The Idiot . which was formulated by Dostoevsky himself. He pointed out both the similarities between Myshkin and Oblomov and the differences between the two. The purpose of the article is to explain the special status of the characters of Dostoevsky and Goncharov. https://www.diegojavierfares.com/