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Nikolai Gogol by Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Nikolai Gogol was one of the great geniuses of nineteenth century Russian literature, with a command of the irrational unmatched by any writer before or since. His strange tales, though often read as forceful demands for social change, were displays of the fantasies of the human spirit. In this ideal marriage of subject and critic, Nabokov analyses his endlessly inventive compatriot, focusing on the masterpieces Dead Souls , 'The Overcoat' and 'The Government Inspector'. Misunderstood by his contemporaries, mishandled by theatre directors and ending his life mistreated by doctors - with medicinal leeches hanging from his exceptional nose - it took Nabokov to give Gogol, 'the oddest Russian in Russia', the critical biography he and his singular, brilliant work deserve.

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Author

Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov

Publisher

Penguin Books, Limited

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781846143311

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

History, Humanities

Rating

4.2 / 5 (726 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14