The Overcoat

Nikolai Gogol

⏱ 8 minRussian classic

A downtrodden clerk saves for years to buy a fine new overcoat, wears it one happy day, and has it stolen the same night, then returns as a ghost. Gogol's tender, mordant Petersburg tale, with The Nose close behind.

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