The Overcoat

by Nikolai Gogol

Overview

From the Father of the Golden Age of Russian Literature, Nicolai Gogol's The Overcoat is one of the greatest short stories of all time. This satire on Russia's nineteenth-century bureaucracy has influenced many renowned Russian writers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781473322288
Publisher:	Read & Co. Classics
Publication date:	12/01/2014
Pages:	52
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.12(d)

About the Author

Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852) was a Russian short story writer, playwright and novelist born in the Ukrainian Cossack town of Sorochyntsi. Often referred to as the Father of the Golden Age of Russian Literature, Gogol was the author of the first great Russian novel, Dead Souls, 1842. He was one of the first writers to use the grotesque in his work, and the famous trope can be seen in his well-known short story, The Overcoat, 1842.

Editorial Reviews

The greatest Russian short story ever written.” Vladimir Nabokov

“We all come out from Gogol's 'Overcoat'.”
Fyodor Dostoevsky

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