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Author : Nicholas Gogol
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-02-07

The Mantle And Other Stories New Edition written by Nicholas Gogol and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-07 with categories.

In a certain Russian ministerial department--But it is perhaps better that I do not mention which department it was. There are in the whole of Russia no persons more sensitive than Government officials. Each of them believes if he is annoyed in any way, that the whole official class is insulted in his person.Recently an Isprawnik (country magistrate)-I do not know of which town-is said to have drawn up a report with the object of showing that, ignoring Government orders, people were speaking of Isprawniks in terms of contempt. In order to prove his assertions, he forwarded with his report a bulky work of fiction, in which on about every tenth page an Isprawnik appeared generally in a drunken condition.In order therefore to avoid any unpleasantness, I will not definitely indicate the department in which the scene of my story is laid, and will rather say "in a certain chancellery."Well, in a certain chancellery there was a certain man who, as I cannot deny, was not of an attractive appearance. He was short, had a face marked with smallpox, was rather bald in front, and his forehead and cheeks were deeply lined with furrows-to say nothing of other physical imperfections. Such was the outer aspect of our hero, as produced by the St Petersburg climate.As regards his official rank-for with us Russians the official rank must always be given-he was what is usually known as a permanent titular councillor, one of those unfortunate beings who, as is well known, are made a butt of by various authors who have the bad habit of attacking people who cannot defend themselves.Our hero's family name was Bashmatchkin; his baptismal name Akaki Akakievitch. Perhaps the reader may think this name somewhat strange and far-fetched, but he can be assured that it is not so, and that circumstances so arranged it that it was quite impossible to give him any other name.This happened in the following way. Akaki Akakievitch was born, if I am not mistaken, on the night of the 23rd of March. His deceased mother, the wife of an official and a very good woman, immediately made proper arrangements for his baptism. When the time came, she was lying on the bed before the door. At her right hand stood the godfather, Ivan Ivanovitch Jeroshkin, a very important person, who was registrar of the senate; at her left, the godmother Anna Semenovna Byelobrushkova, the wife of a police inspector, a woman of rare virtues.Three names were suggested to the mother from which to choose one for the child-Mokuja, Sossuja, or Khozdazat."No," she said, "I don't like such names."In order to meet her wishes, the church calendar was opened in another place, and the names Triphiliy, Dula, and Varakhasiy were found."This is a punishment from heaven," said the mother. "What sort of names are these! I never heard the like! If it had been Varadat or Varukh, but Triphiliy and Varakhasiy!"They looked again in the calendar and found Pavsikakhiy and Vakhtisiy."Now I see," said the mother, "this is plainly fate. If there is no help for it, then he had better take his father's name, which was Akaki."So the child was called Akaki Akakievitch. It was baptised, although it wept and cried and made all kinds of grimaces, as though it had a presentiment that it would one day be a titular councillor.We have related all this so conscientiously that the reader himself might be convinced that it was impossible for the little Akaki to receive any other name. When and how he entered the chancellery and who appointed him, no one could remember. However many of his superiors might come and go, he was always seen in the same spot, in the same attitude, busy with the same work, and bearing the same title; so that people began to believe he had come into the world just as he was, with his bald forehead and official uniform.In the chancellery where he worked, no kind of notice was taken of him.

The Mantle And Other Stories

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Author : Nicholas Gogol
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2013-10-28

The Mantle And Other Stories written by Nicholas Gogol and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-28 with Fiction categories.

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The Mantle And Other Stories

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Author : Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Gogolʹ
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1916

The Mantle And Other Stories written by Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Gogolʹ and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1916 with categories.

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Author : Nikolai Gogol
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2020-10-02

The Mantle And Other Stories written by Nikolai Gogol and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-02 with categories.

Explore the Russian creative movement known as literary realism through the work of writer Nikolai Vassilievitch Gogol, whom many critics regard not only as one of the foremost practitioners of this style, but also as one of the most significant literary figures of the twentieth century. This exquisitely translated collection brings together several of the short pieces widely categorized as Gogol's finest work. We are happy to announce this classic book. Many of the books in our collection have not been published for decades and are therefore not broadly available to the readers. Our goal is to access the very large literary repository of general public books. The main contents of our entire classical books are the original works. To ensure high quality products, all the titles are chosen carefully by our staff. We hope you enjoy this classic.

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Author : Nikolai Gogol
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2015-04-14

The Mantle And Other Stories written by Nikolai Gogol and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-14 with categories.

"The Mantle and Other Stories" from Nikolai Gogol. Ukrainian-born Russian dramatist, novelist and short story writer (1809-1852).

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Author : Nickolay Gogol
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014

The Mantle And Other Stories written by Nickolay Gogol and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Classical fiction categories.

This eBook version of The Mantle and Other Stories presents the full text of this literary classic.

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Author : Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2014-10-16

The Mantle And Other Stories written by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-16 with Literary Collections categories.

Translation of Nikolai Gogols work with an introduction to Gogol written by Prosper Merimee.Contains five stories: - The mantle- The nose- Memoirs of a mad man- A may night- The viy"