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The Overcoat
also: Шинель
Nikolai Gogol's 1842 story of a poor clerk destroyed by the loss of a new overcoat; its hero Akaky Akakievich shares the same civil rank -- titular councillor -- as the bride's father here.
Reading notes
- Before the Wedding §6 The Overcoat
Nikolai Gogol's 1842 story of a poor clerk destroyed by the loss of a new overcoat; its hero shares the bride's father's civil rank of titular councillor.