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Nikolai Gogol

Born

in Sorochyntsi, Poltava guberniya, Russian Empire

March 31, 1809

Died

March 04, 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: 4.02 · 303,118 ratings · 17,227 reviews · 1,498 distinct works • Similar authors

	Dead Souls 3.98 avg rating — 85,549 ratings — published 1842 — 2016 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 — 43,202 ratings — published 1842 — 248 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 3.97 avg rating — 16,837 ratings — published 1835 — 482 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 — 14,786 ratings — published 1835 — 42 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 4.09 avg rating — 12,341 ratings — published 1842 — 66 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 4.20 avg rating — 11,925 ratings — published 1836 — 151 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 3.72 avg rating — 12,858 ratings — published 1835 — 721 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) 4.21 avg rating — 10,021 ratings — 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
	I racconti di Pietroburgo by Nikolai Gogol, Pietro Zveteremich (Translator) 4.13 avg rating — 8,415 ratings — published 1842 — 231 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
	O Nariz 3.67 avg rating — 7,216 ratings — published 1836 — 29 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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Series by Nikolai Gogol

Повісті Гоголя. Найкращі українські переклади у 2-х томах (2 books)
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Nikolai Gogol,

David Magarshack (Translator)

4.15 avg rating — 4,722 ratings

The Complete Tales of Nikolai Gogol (1 book)
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Nikolai Gogol,

Constance Garnett (Translator),

Leonard J. Kent (Editor)

4.30 avg rating — 344 ratings

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Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol, 1842, 512 pages

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