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The Nose

The Nose

Short storyClassicsHumor
Pages
36
Published
1836
Language
English

Synopsis

Collegiate Assessor Kovalyov wakes up one morning to find his nose missing from his face — and shortly after spots it, dressed in the uniform of a high-ranking official, going about St. Petersburg on its own business, apparently outranking him. Gogol's absurdist satire skewers the vanity, status-obsession and bureaucratic pretension of Russian society through one of literature's strangest premises.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

WhimsicalSatirical

Genres

Classics Humor Magical Realism Satire Short Stories Literary Fiction

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Николай Васильевич Гоголь

Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (Russian: Николай Васильевич Гоголь; Ukrainian: Микола Васильович Гоголь) (31 March [O.S. 19 March] 1809 – 4 March [O.S. 21 February] 1852) was a Ukrainian-born Russian novelist, humourist, and dramatist He is considered the father of modern Russian realism. His early works, such as Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka, were heavily influenced by his Ukrainian upbringing and identity. His more mature writing satirised the corrupt bureaucracy of the Russian Empire, leading...

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