The Overcoat (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Nikolai Gogol
- First Published: 1842
- Type of Work: Short fiction
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: Early nineteenth century
- Setting: St. Petersburg, Russia
- Genres: Social realism, Short fiction, Satire
- Subjects: Blizzards, Suffering, Nineteenth century, Ghosts or apparitions, Poverty or poor people, Emotions, Robbery or robbers, Criticism, Death or dying, Theft, Work or workers, Employment or employees, Russia or Russian people, Bureaucracy or bureaucrats, Winter, Tailoring or tailors, Clothing or dress
- Locales: St. Petersburg, Russia
Characters Discussed
Akakii Akakiievich Bashmachkin (ah- KAH-kihy ah-KAH-kihy-eh-vihch bahsh- MAH-hihn), a humble, poorly paid, aging government clerk, short, pockmarked, with reddish balding hair, dim and bleary eyes, and wrinkled cheeks. Possessing a high-sounding government grade of perpetual titular councilor, he is a mere copyist of documents. He loves his work, which he does with neat and painstaking thoroughness, and he even takes some of it home to do at night. Badly needing an overcoat to replace an old one that the tailor refuses to repair, he plans to have a new one...
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Nikolai Gogol (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Nikolai Gogol (Drama)Nikolai Gogol (Short Fiction)Nikolai Gogol (Long Fiction)Nikolai Gogol (Censorship)Nikolai Gogol (Dictionary of World Biography)Theory of Short Fiction (Topical Overview--Short Fiction)
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