Name: The Complete Tales of Nikolai Gogol, Volume 1
ISBN: 9780226300689

Nikolai Gogol

Николай Васильевич Гоголь

A collection of short stories portrays life in rural Russia and satirizes Russian society

The Complete Tales of Nikolai Gogol, Volume 1

Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol

The Nose; The Carriage; The Overcoat; Taras Bulba (Signet Classics)

The Diary of a Madman and Other Stories

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Diary of a Madman and Other Stories (Thrift Edition)

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I have only read the title story, but:

"People think that the human brain is in the head. Nothing of the sort; it is carried by the wind from the Caspian Sea."

"This makes the moon so fragile that no men can live on it, but only noses. Therefore we cannot see our noses, because they are on the moon."

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