Author, dramatist and satirist, Nikolay Gogol (1809-1852) deeply
influenced later Russian literature with his powerful depictions of
a society dominated by petty bureaucracy and base corruption. This
volume includes both his most admired short fiction and his most
famous drama. A biting and frequently hilarious political satire,
"The Government Inspector" has been popular since its first
performance and was regarded by Nabokov as the greatest Russian
play every written. The stories gathered here, meanwhile, range
from comic to tragic and describe the isolated lives of low-ranking
clerks, lunatics and swindlers. They include "Diary of a Madman",
an amusing but disturbing exploration of insanity; "Nevsky
Prospect", a depiction of an artist besotted with a prostitute; and
"The Overcoat", a moving consideration of poverty that powerfully
influenced Dostoevsky and later Russian literature.
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