Work

The Overcoat

Original title: Шинель

Николай Гоголь · 1842novelette

Genre
- literary & general
Theme
- class conflict
- loneliness
Place
- eastern europe
- big city
Time
- 19th century
Tone
- reflective
- sad
Audience
- adult

Also present

Genrefantasy
Themegrief and loss

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"The Overcoat" is a short story by Nikolai Gogol, published in 1843. The story has had a great influence on Russian literature. Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé, discussing Russian realist writers, said: "We all came out from under Gogol's Overcoat". Writing in 1941, Vladimir Nabokov described "The Overcoat" as "The greatest Russian short story ever written".

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Placement

contained in Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Fantasy of the 19th Centuryanthology