The Overcoat

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The Overcoat is a classic short story by Russian author Nikolai Gogol that follows a poor government clerk whose life briefly changes after acquiring a new overcoat, often seen as a foundational work of Russian literary realism and social critique.

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instanceOf Russian literature ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
short story ⓘ
adaptation film adaptations ⓘ
opera adaptations ⓘ
stage adaptations ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Shinel’ ⓘ
author Nikolai Gogol ⓘ
centralObject overcoat ⓘ
characterType little man protagonist ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire ⓘ
firstPublicationLanguage Russian ⓘ
firstPublicationMedium literary journal ⓘ
form prose ⓘ
genre fantastic fiction ⓘ
literary realism ⓘ
satire ⓘ
social critique ⓘ
influenced Fyodor Dostoevsky ⓘ
Russian realist writers ⓘ
literaryCategory 19th-century short story ⓘ
literaryMovement Russian realism ⓘ
literarySignificance foundational work of Russian literary realism ⓘ
influential work of social criticism ⓘ
mainCharacter Akaky Akakievich Bashmachkin ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableQuoteAttributed We all came out from Gogol’s ‘Overcoat’ ⓘ
originalLanguage Russian ⓘ
originalTitle Шинель ⓘ
plotElement acquisition of a new overcoat ⓘ
death of the protagonist ⓘ
ghostly revenge ⓘ
theft of the overcoat ⓘ
protagonistOccupation low-ranking government clerk ⓘ
settingCountry Russian Empire ⓘ
settingLocation Saint Petersburg ⓘ
linked to: St. Petersburg
theme alienation ⓘ
bureaucracy ⓘ
bureaucratic cruelty ⓘ
class inequality ⓘ
dehumanization ⓘ
identity ⓘ
indifference of authorities ⓘ
materialism ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
social injustice ⓘ
the dignity of the little man ⓘ
tone satirical ⓘ
tragicomic ⓘ

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Nikolai Gogol → notableWork → The Overcoat ⓘ
The Nose → partOf → Nikolai Gogol’s Petersburg tales ⓘ
linked to: The Overcoat
The Bespoke Overcoat → basedOn → The Overcoat ⓘ
Russian Romanticism → hasWorkExample → The Overcoat ⓘ
Shinel’ → originalTitleOf → The Overcoat ⓘ
Shinel’ → hasEnglishTitle → The Overcoat ⓘ
Morris Panych → adaptedWork → The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol ⓘ
linked to: The Overcoat
Nikolai Batalov → notableRole → Akhaky Akhakievich in The Overcoat (1926 film) ⓘ
linked to: The Overcoat