nikolai gogol

The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol was first published in 1842 (sometimes translated as The Cloak). Vladimir Nabokov described “The Overcoat” as “the greatest Russian short story ever written”.

Diary of a Madman by Nikolai Gogol is considered to be one of Gogol’s greatest short stories. The tale centers on the life of a minor civil servant during the era of Nicholas I. The story shows the descent of the protagonist, Poprishchin, into madness.