Jan 3, 2010

The Nose | The Nose

At a glance:

Author: Nikolai Gogol
First Published: 1836
Type of Plot: Satire
Time of Work: The 1830's
Setting: St. Petersburg, Russia
Principal Characters: Collegiate Assessor Platon Kuzmich Kovalyov, Ivan Yakovlevich, Praskovya Osipovna, Ivan, Pelageya Podtochin, A police officer
Genres: Short fiction, Fantasy
Subjects: Barbershops or barbers, Satire, Russia or Russian people, Bureaucracy or bureaucrats, Propaganda
Locales: St. Petersburg, Russia

The Story

“A most extraordinary thing happened in St. Petersburg on the twenty-fifth of March.” Ivan Yakovlevich, a Russian barber in St. Petersburg, wakes up in his house and prepares to eat the breakfast prepared by his wife. As he cuts into a fresh loaf of bread, he finds a human nose inside. Although confused and distraught by the discovery, the barber recognizes the nose as that of Collegiate Assessor Platon Kuzmich Kovalyov, a government clerk whom he shaves every Wednesday and Sunday. Fearing his wife's wrath and further complications, Ivan Yakovlevich gets dressed...

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The Nose | The Nose

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