Ovsyaniko-Kulikovsky, D. N. History of the Russian Intelligentsia: Results of Russian Fiction of the 19th Century. Parts 1–2 (Istoriya russkoy intelligentsii: Itogi russkoy khudozhestvennoy literatury XIX v.), 1906–1907. First Edition. In Russian

Овсянико-Куликовский Д. Н.
История русской интеллигенции: Итоგი русской художественной литературы XIX в. Ч. 1–2.
Москва : Издательство В. М. Саблина, 1906–1907.
Ч. 1: Чацкий; Онегин; Печорин; Рудин; Лаврецкий; Тентетников; Обломов. 1906. VI, [2], 387 с.
Ч. 2: Итоги русской художественной литературы XIX века. От 50-х до 80-х гг. 1907. VIII, 356, [1] с.
19 × 13 см. Твердый владельческий переплет эпохи. Первое издание. 
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Ovsyaniko-Kulikovsky, Dmitry.
History of the Russian Intelligentsia: Results of Russian Fiction of the 19th Century. Parts 1–2.
Moscow : V. M. Sablin Publishing House, 1906–1907.
Part 1: Chatsky; Onegin; Pechorin; Rudin; Lavretsky; Tentetnikov; Oblomov. 1906. VI, [2], 387 pp.
Part 2: Results of Russian fiction of the 19th century. From the 50s to the 80s. 1907. VIII, 356, [1] pp.
19 × 13 cm. Contemporary private hardcover. First edition.

This 1906–1907 first edition is a foundational work of Russian intellectual history and literary criticism, authored by the distinguished scholar and psychologist Dmitry Nikolayevich Ovsyaniko-Kulikovsky. In this seminal study, the author pioneers a psychological and sociological method to trace the evolution of the Russian intelligentsia, using the "superfluous men" and heroes of 19th-century literature as primary psychological types. The first volume offers a deep dive into the internal logic of the Russian soul through the arrangement of iconic figures: from Griboyedov’s Chatsky and Pushkin’s Onegin to the existential malaise of Lermontov’s Pechorin and the philosophical inertia of Goncharov’s Oblomov. Ovsyaniko-Kulikovsky treats these literary characters not merely as fictions, but as living embodiments of the spiritual and social quests that defined the Russian educated class.
The second volume expands this analysis to the pivotal decades between the 1850s and 1880s, synthesizing the "results" of the Golden Age of Russian prose. Ovsyaniko-Kulikovsky examines how the literature of Turgenev, Gogol, and their contemporaries shaped the worldview of a generation caught between autocratic tradition and revolutionary necessity. Published by the renowned V. M. Sablin, this two-volume set reflects the high intellectual ferment of the early 20th century following the 1905 Revolution, when the Russian intelligentsia sought to understand its own historical origins. As a "theatrical and literary rarity," this first edition is highly prized for its preservation of the original scholarly structure before later Soviet reprints often altered the ideological emphasis. For bibliophiles and historians of Russian culture, these volumes remain a vital primary source for understanding the psychological fabric of the Russian mind during its most creative century.