The Mantle, and Other Stories
- ISBN-10
- 1532705158
- ISBN-13
- 9781532705151
- Pages
- 104
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-07-05
- Publisher
- Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Author
- Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol
Description
As a novel-writer and a dramatist, Gogol appears to me to deserve a minute study, and if the knowledge of Russian were more widely spread, he could not fail to obtain in Europe a reputation equal to that of the best English humorists. A delicate and close observer, quick to detect the absurd, bold in exposing, but inclined to push his fun too far, Gogol is in the first place a very lively satirist. He is merciless towards fools and rascals, but he has only one weapon at his disposal-irony.
