The Overcoat by Nicolai Gogol
RevSocialist اش... —Fri, 01/08/2010 - 07:14
This short story (18pg) was one of the most important of Gogol's works, and in my opinion by far his best. The treatment of class and priveledge is better in this story than in most anything you will read. I especially like that Gogol focused this story on such a basic need, clothing, to expose the cruelty of a capitalist society, because it is in these simple things, like food, water, shelter, and clothing, these very basic, fundamental things which the proletariat focuses on and struggles with more than anything. And this story is the struggle of a proletarian struggling to stay alive, for which an overcoat is necessary in the extremly cold St. Petersburg winters. This story is trully beautifull and in my opinion one of the best stories of Russian literature. Enjoy comrades!
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