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Nikolai Gogol

Born

in Sorochyntsi, Poltava guberniya, Russian Empire

April 01, 1809

Died

February 21, 1852

Genre

Classics, Satire, Fantasy

Influences

Alexander Pushkin, Miguel de Cervantes, Ukrainian Folklore, Dymytrii T ...more

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People consider that Russian writer Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (Николай Васильевич Гоголь) founded realism in Russian literature. His works include The Overcoat (1842) and Dead Souls (1842).

Ukrainian birth, heritage, and upbringing of Gogol influenced many of his written works among the most beloved in the tradition of Russian-language literature. Most critics see Gogol as the first Russian realist. His biting satire, comic realism, and descriptions of Russian provincials and petty bureaucrats influenced later Russian masters Leo Tolstoy, Ivan Turgenev, and especially Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Gogol wittily said many later Russian maxims.

Gogol first used the techniques of surrealism and the grotesque in his works The Nose , Viy , ...more

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Nikolai Gogol’s books

Average rating: 4.01 · 350,064 ratings · 21,844 reviews · 1,993 distinct works • Similar authors

	Dead Souls 3.98 avg rating — 95,854 ratings — published 1842 — 2235 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Overcoat 4.15 avg rating — 51,022 ratings — published 1842 — 450 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diary of a Madman and Other Stories 4.07 avg rating — 22,257 ratings — published 1835 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Inspector General 3.96 avg rating — 19,261 ratings — published 1835 — 483 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Nose (Penguin Little Black Classics, #46) 3.71 avg rating — 17,946 ratings — published 1836 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol by Nikolai Gogol, Richard Pevear (Translator), Larissa Volokhonsky (Translator) 4.35 avg rating — 15,314 ratings — published 1835 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Village Evenings Near Dikanka and Mirgorod by Nikolai Gogol, Christopher English (Translator), Richard Peace (Introduction) 4.19 avg rating — 14,864 ratings — published 1832 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Taras Bulba 3.73 avg rating — 14,465 ratings — published 1835 — 814 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Overcoat and Other Short Stories by Nikolai Gogol, Stanley Appelbaum (Editor), Isabel Florence Hapgood (Translator) 4.19 avg rating — 12,521 ratings — published 1836 — 157 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I racconti di Pietroburgo by Nikolai Gogol, Pietro Zveteremich (Translator) 4.12 avg rating — 10,235 ratings — published 1842 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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November 2019 Short Story/Novella Poll

The Thanksgiving Visitor by Truman Capote, 37 pages, 1967

73 votes, 27.5%

The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich by Nikolai Gogol, 52 pages, 1835

64 votes, 24.2%

The Living Daylights by Ian Fleming, 25+- pages, 1962

35 votes, 13.2%

The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean Giono, 74 pages, 1953

33 votes, 12.5%

Hospital Sketches by Louisa May Alcott, 80 pages, 1963

31 votes, 11.7%

The Bottle Imp by Robert Louis Stevenson, 56 pages, 1891

29 votes, 10.9%

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