Nikolai Gogol
Paperback | Pages: 103 pages Rating: 4.21 | 10194 Users | 330 Reviews
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| ISBN: | 0486270572 (ISBN13: 9780486270579) |
| Edition Language: | Russian |
Narration Toward Books The Overcoat and Other Short Stories
Four works by great 19th-century Russian author - "The Nose," a savage satire of Russia's incompetent bureaucrats; "Old-Fashioned Farmers," a pleasant depiction of an elderly couple living in rustic seclusion; "The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarrelled with Ivan Nikiforovich," one of Gogol's most famous comic stories; and "The Overcoat," widely considered a masterpiece of form.Present Appertaining To Books The Overcoat and Other Short Stories
| Title | : | The Overcoat and Other Short Stories |
| Author | : | Nikolai Gogol |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Dover Thrift Editions |
| Pages | : | Pages: 103 pages |
| Published | : | February 21st 1992 by Dover Publications (first published 1836) |
| Categories | : | Short Stories. Classics. Fiction. Cultural. Russia. Literature. Russian Literature |
Rating Appertaining To Books The Overcoat and Other Short Stories
Ratings: 4.21 From 10194 Users | 330 ReviewsJudge Appertaining To Books The Overcoat and Other Short Stories
Enjoyed the last novella quite a bit, but not the other three.I like Gogol's style. It reminds me of Lu Xun and Kafka. The stories themselves in this collection rang from the absurd (in the story about a nose) to the sentimental (in the story of the old farm couple).
The Overcoat = The Cloak, Nikolai GogolThe Overcoat is a short story by Ukrainian-born Russian author Nikolai Gogol, published in 1842. The story and its author have had great influence on Russian literature, as expressed in a quote attributed to Fyodor Dostoyevsky: "We all come out from Gogol's 'Overcoat'." The story has been adapted into a variety of stage and film interpretations. The story narrates the life and death of titular Councillor Akaky Akakievich Bashmachkin, an impoverished
Superb collection of one of the great Russian writers. The stories brilliantly capture the atmosphere of the time. Gogol was a master at capturing the ordinary travails of ordinary people and the stories evoke a sense of tragedy and a wry bitter sense of humor. Highly recommended!
Gogol was one of Russia's greatest short story writers and this is an excellent introduction to his writing before you attack Dead Souls which is his masterpiece.
Nikolai Gogol's stories ring in free and wild on the wind of the steppes of old Russia, although also with endless bureaucracies. The Mantle and The Overcoat are even the same story, I think.
Gogol, who lived from 1809-1852, was decades if not a whole century ahead of his time. His clever, sardonic, cynical stories satirize the world of self-important bureaucrats in ways that still seem eerily relevant. In "The Overcoat," a humble clerk who spends his days copying documents, is shaken out of his routine when he suddenly acquires a splendid new coat. Suddenly, all his repressed desires come to the surface. I won't reveal the end of the story except to say that it is both funny and
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