Short Stories by Nikolai Gogol: The Overcoat, Viy, a Terrible Vengeance, Christmas Eve, the Nose

This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: The Overcoat, Viy, a Terrible Vengeance, Christmas Eve, the Nose, the Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled With Ivan Nikiforovich, May Night, or the Drowned Maiden, the Lost Letter: a Tale Told by the Sexton of the N...church, Nevsky Prospekt, the Fair at Sorochyntsi, St. John's Eve, Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and His Aunt, Diary of a Madman, the Old World Landowners, a Bewitched Place, the Carriage, the Portrait, Preface (Collection Opening, Volume Ii). Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: "The Overcoat" (Russian:, translit. Shinel; sometimes translated as "The Cloak") is the title of 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, thus spawning Fyodor Dostoyevsky's famous quote: "We all come out from Gogol's 'Overcoat'." The story has been adapted into a variety of stage and film interpretations. The story centers on the life and death of Akaky Akakievich Bashmachkin ( ), an impoverished government clerk and copyist in the Russian capital of St. Petersburg. Akaky is dedicated to his job, taking special relish in the hand-copying of documents, though little recognized in his department for his hard work. Instead, the younger clerks tease him and attempt to distract him whenever they can. His threadbare overcoat is often the butt of their jokes. Akaky decides it is necessary to have the coat repaired, so he takes it to his tailor, Petrovich, who declares the coat irreparable, telling Akaky he must buy a new overcoat. The cost of a new overcoat is beyond Akaky's meagre salary, so he forces himself to live within a strict budget to save sufficient money to buy the new overcoat. Meantime, he and Petrovich frequently mee...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2849765