The Overcoat

Original title: Шинель (Russian)

Credits: Николай Васильевич Гоголь (author)

Summary

Akaky Akakievich, a poor copying clerk, saves for years to have a new overcoat made, and it transforms him for a single evening before thieves take it. Gogol's tale of the little man crushed by the great city ends with a ghost who goes looking for coats. (The Overcoat)

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English translation: the published chapter is available.

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Chapters (1)

  1. 1. Глава 1

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