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The Overcoat: A Nikolai Gogol Story Audiobook, by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol Play Audiobook Sample

The Overcoat: A Nikolai Gogol Story Audiobook

The Overcoat: A Nikolai Gogol Story Audiobook, by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Deaver Brown Publisher: Simply Magazine Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 0.83 hours at 1.5x Speed 0.63 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: April 2011 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781614961154

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

9

Longest Chapter Length:

13:43 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

02:03 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

09:09 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

21

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Publisher Description

The author of Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky said, "We all come out from Gogol's 'The Overcoat.'" The story centers on an impoverished clerk who is dedicated to his job as a routine copyist though not recognized for his hard work. Younger clerks mock him for his dedication. His threadbare overcoat is mocked, as he is. He saves to get a new one and wears it for a glorious evening, only to have it stolen that night. He dies soon thereafter from his great loss. Thereafter his ghost is reported to haunt that part of St. Petersburg where the coat was stolen. The story of a lowly clerk, or Russian, come to nothing was a theme of Gogol and many other 19th century Russian writers.

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About Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol

Nikolai Gogol (1809–1852) was a preeminent Ukrainian-born author. He is particularly famous for those stories which veer in the direction of surrealism and the grotesque.

About Deaver Brown

Deaver Brown is an author and entrepreneur. He is a graduate of Harvard Business School, and his books include Crucial Conversations, Presidential Wisdom, George Washington: Farewell Address, and numerous others.