"Overcoat" and Other Tales of Good and Evil

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.

Odata cu publicarea ,,Pletonul" in 1842, Nicolai Gogol (1809-1852) a inaugurat un nou capitol in literatura rusa, in care cel defavorizat si neadaptat social este tratat nu ca o figura de distractie sau un obiect de caritate, ci ca un fiinta umana cu la fel de mult drept la fericire ca oricine altcineva.