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  <name><![CDATA[Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Nikolai Gogol (Николай Гоголь) was a Ukrainian-born Russian writer. Although his early works were heavily influenced by his Ukrainian upbringing and identity, he wrote in Russian and his works belong to the tradition of Russian literature; often called the &quot;father of modern Russian realism,&quot; he was one of the first Imperial Russian authors to criticize Russia's way of life. The novels Taras Bul'ba (1835; 1842 [revised edition]), Dead Souls (1842), the play The Inspector-General (1836, 1842), and the short story The Overcoat (1842) are among his masterpieces.
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  <title><![CDATA[Dead Souls]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Robert A. Maguire]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Overcoat and Other Short Stories]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Diary of a Madman and Other Stories]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Overcoat and Other Tales of Good and Evil]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Nose]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Kevin Hawkes]]></name>
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  <published>1972</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Taras Bulba]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[D.J. Hogarth]]></name>
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  <published>1835</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Overcoat]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Diary of a Madman, The Government Inspector, and Selected Stories]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol]]></name>
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  <published>2006</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Inspector General]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol]]></name>
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