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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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Average rating: 4.01 · 343,282 ratings · 21,104 reviews · 2,092 distinct works • Similar authors

	Dead Souls 3.98 avg rating — 94,403 ratings — published 1842 — 2116 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 — 49,864 ratings — published 1842 — 449 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 — 21,837 ratings — published 1835 — 489 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 — 18,921 ratings — published 1835 — 192 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 — 15,235 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
	The Nose (Penguin Little Black Classics, #46) 3.71 avg rating — 17,057 ratings — published 1836 — 4 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 — 14,232 ratings — published 1835	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) 4.20 avg rating — 12,404 ratings — published 1836 — 156 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 — 10,185 ratings — 4 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 — 9,993 ratings — published 1842 — 10 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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