--- product_id: 11259684 title: "The Overcoat and Other Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions: Short Stories)" brand: "nikolai gogol" price: "269 som" currency: KGS in_stock: false reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.kg/products/11259684-the-overcoat-and-other-short-stories-dover-thrift-editions-short store_origin: KG region: Kyrgyzstan --- # The Overcoat and Other Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions: Short Stories) **Brand:** nikolai gogol **Price:** 269 som **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Overcoat and Other Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions: Short Stories) by nikolai gogol - **How much does it cost?** 269 som with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.kg](https://www.desertcart.kg/products/11259684-the-overcoat-and-other-short-stories-dover-thrift-editions-short) ## Best For - nikolai gogol enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted nikolai gogol brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Gogol's stories are admired for their skillful mingling of fantasy and reality, quiet good humor and use of mundane details — as Gogol put it — "to extract the extraordinary from the ordinary." Imaginative and timeless, they remain as fresh and significant today as they were to readers generations ago. This rich selection of four short stories by the great 19th-century Russian author of Dead Souls includes "The Nose," a savage satire of incompetent bureaucrats and the snobbery and complacency of the Russian upper classes; "Old-Fashioned Farmers," a sketch depicting an elderly couple who live a happy but simple life in rustic seclusion; "The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarrelled with Ivan Nikiforovich," and of Gogol's most famous comic stories; and "The Overcoat," an exceptionally moving tale — considered a masterpiece of the form — about a poor and much-ridiculed St. Petersburg official. Includes a selection from the Common Core State Standards Initiative: "The Nose." ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Dimensions | 5.28 x 0.31 x 8.31 inches | | Edition | Some Writing | | Isbn 10 | 0486270572 | | Isbn 13 | 978-0486270579 | | Item Weight | 2.31 pounds | | Language | English | | Print Length | 112 pages | | Publication Date | February 21, 1992 | | Publisher | Dover Publications | | Reading Age | 14 years and up | ## Images ![The Overcoat and Other Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions: Short Stories) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/818HFMhuCEL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Format** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ precociously provincial *by on Reviewed in the United States April 29, 2013* This collection of short stories by Nikolai Gogol is a nice piece of fiction for your library. The stories are short; but indeed, if they are fiction, their very well written. Clear and concise in the tenor of the period of which Nikolai Gogol lived. He lived in Russia in the first half of the 19th century while in Europe and England the Romantic period had been going. In his stories he reads like a first hand account of the 'tenor of the times' and the people and places that he images in his prose. He is never really tedious; Quite the contrary: He is almost hilarious in his depiction of a life characteristic of that time in history of the characters of his stories. As he paints a picture through the sign's of words, at the end of each little tale he interjects, what is to him, a little axiom as elicited by the story. I'm glad I purchased this book, and I think it is fun reading for anyone. It's evident from the start, that there is a great deal of humor in the presentation of his characters and their personal idiosyncrasies. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Classic short stories from a Russian master *by on Reviewed in the United States March 10, 2023* Great short stories from a Russian master. Humor, human frailties, understanding of the human condition. Broaden your mind, read Gogol, Chekhov, Pushkin and other Russian masters. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Not sure where he drew his inspiration from, but it was definitely different *by on Reviewed in the United States February 3, 2013* Overall I enjoyed the stories within this book. I was unfamiliar with Gogol's work before reading the Jhumpa Lahiri novel "Namesake" and I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. Gogol's stories are off-beat and original. I enjoyed his writing style and the stories really pulled you in and painted a picture. The goal of so many author's is to get you to identify with the characters within their stories, make them real, make their lives habitable, and Gogol achieves this. Some of the stories are just out there though- I am still trying to figure out exactly what is happening in "The Nose" and I was confused by the proliferation of characters named Nikolai, and it did not make it any easier that all of them continiue to be referred to by first middle and last names because 2 of them had the same first and last name...aren't there more male names in Russia than just Nikolai? But seriously, I enjoyed the book and got caught up in the stories. 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