Oblomov

Ivan Goncharov's 1859 Russian novel about Ilya Oblomov — a Russian nobleman so overcome by inertia that he cannot bring himself to get out of bed — which became the defining literary treatment of paralysis, procrastination, and the failure to engage with life.

Created Oblomovism as the cultural term for a specific psychological condition — the person of intelligence and sensitivity who cannot translate inner potential into outer action, paralyzed by contemplation, comfort, and the gap between aspiration and effort.