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The Overcoat and Other Tales of Good and Evil
The Overcoat and Other Tales of Good and Evil
Author: Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol, David Magarshack (Translator)
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. — The five other "Tales of Good and Evil&...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780848810146
ISBN-10: 0848810147
Publication Date: 4/4/1976
Pages: 271
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Publisher: Amereon Limited
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Great stories of good versus evil. Gogol sought to change society for the better through his writings only to die of self-starvation at the age of 43 because of his disillusionment with literature as a force for effective change. His stories contain elements of dark humor and the fantastic. This latter strain throughout most of Gogol's stories come from Gogol's mystical bent which he manages to make quite believable. Gogol influenced Dostoevsky who also was interested in the problems of societal evil which are depicted in his writings also.


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