{"product_id":"the-overcoat-and-other-tales-of-good-and-evil","title":"The Overcoat and Other Tales of Good and Evil","description":"With the publication of \"The Overcoat\" in 1842, Nicolai Gogol (1809–1852) inaugurated a new chapter in Russian literature, in which the underdog and social misfit is treated not as a figure of fun or an object of charity, but as a human being with as much right to happiness as anybody else.\nThe compassion, simplicity, and gentle humor with which he treats the poignant quest of a hapless civil servant for the return of his stolen overcoat―and the fantastic yet realistic manner in which he takes revenge on his nemesis, the Very Important Person―mark \"The Overcoat\" as one of the greatest achievements of Gogol's genius.\nThe five other \"Tales of Good and Evil\" in this superb collection demonstrate the broad range of Gogol's literary palette in his short fiction: the fantastic, supernaturally tinged \"The Terrible Vengeance,\" the comic portraiture of \"Ivan Fydorovich Shponka and His Aunt,\" the tragic moral realism of \"The Portrait\" and \"Nevsky Avenue,\" and the rampaging satire and absurdism of his send-up of Russian upper-class stupidity, \"The Nose.\" The stories offer the reader the perfect introduction to the imaginative genius of Gogol, which was to flower so triumphantly in his masterpiece, Deal Souls.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0393003043\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0393003043.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Nikolai V. Gogol|David Magarshak\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Pages are clean with no markings. May show minor signs of wear or cosmetic defects  marks, cuts, bends, or scuffs  on the cover, spine, pages, or dust jacket. May have remainder marks on edges.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41499193540666,"sku":"DBV.0393003043.VG","price":4.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0393003043-0.jpg?v=1783020275","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-overcoat-and-other-tales-of-good-and-evil","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}