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The Overcoat: And Other Tales of Good and Evil

by Nikolai V Gogol

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The compassion, simplicity, and gentle humor with which he treats the poignant quest of a hapless civil servant for the return of his stolen overcoat--and the fantastic yet realistic manner in which he takes revenge on his nemesis, the Very Important Person--mark "The Overcoat" as one of the greatest achievements of Gogol's genius.

The five other "Tales of Good and Evil" in this superb collection demonstrate the broad range of Gogol's literary palette in his short fiction: the fantastic, supernaturally tinged "The Terrible Vengeance," the comic portraiture of "Ivan Fydorovich Shponka and His Aunt," the tragic moral realism of "The Portrait" and "Nevsky Avenue," and the rampaging satire and absurdism of his send-up of Russian upper-class stupidity, "The Nose." The stories offer the reader the perfect introduction to the imaginative genius of Gogol, which was to flower so triumphantly in his masterpiece, Deal Souls.

Synopsis:

With the publication of "The Overcoat" in 1842, Nicolai Gogol (1809-1852) inaugurated a new chapter in Russian literature, in which the underdog and social misfit is treated not as a figure of fun or an object of charity, but as a human being with as much right to happiness as anybody else.

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About the Author

Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852) was a novelist and political satirist. The author of Dead Souls and The Overcoat, he was one of Russia's greatest writers.

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Table of Contents

The terrible vengeance.--Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and his aunt.--The portrait.--Nevsky Avenue.--The nose.--The overcoat.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780393003048

Author:

Gogol, Nikolai V

Publisher:

W. W. Norton & Company

Translator:

Magarshak, David

Author:

Gogal, Nikolai V.

Author:

Magarshak, David

Author:

Gogol, Nikolai Vasil'evich

Author:

Gogol, Nikolai

Author:

Gogal, Nikolai Vasil'evich

Location:

New York :

Subject:

Short Stories (Anthologies)

Subject:

Good and evil

Subject:

Russia

Subject:

Gogol', Nikolai Vasil'evich

Subject:

Historical

Subject:

Anthologies-General

Copyright:

1957

Edition Description:

and and

Series Volume:

CS9

Publication Date:

September 1965

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Grade Level:

General/trade

Language:

English

Illustrations:

Yes

Pages:

288

Dimensions:

8.2 x 5.5 x 0.8 in 0.5 lb

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Product details 288 pages W. W. Norton & Company - 1999-08-27 English 9780393003048 Reviews:

"Synopsis" by Norton, With the publication of "The Overcoat" in 1842, Nicolai Gogol (1809-1852) inaugurated a new chapter in Russian literature, in which the underdog and social misfit is treated not as a figure of fun or an object of charity, but as a human being with as much right to happiness as anybody else.