What does /lit/ think of this hot young man? Esp. The Overcoat?

>>8813067
only read a few of his short stories and liked what i read. i intend to read more

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Pretty fucked how he burned his manuscripts then starved himself to death in crippling guilt. Dead Souls was enjoyable.

>>8813117
Do you have a heart?

>>8813117
did you even read book. i also feel very sad for gogol

Dark Souls is my favorite novel.

Love his prose. So alive.

>>8813067
The overcoat made me more depressed than anything else I have ever read. It's weird because it was also very funny in its way, but the more time went by I couldn't get the thought of that character out of my head. His existence or the possibility of someone like him makes the world feel enormously cruel

>>8813527
I've read The Nose and Dead Souls. What makes The Overcoat so great? I've even seen Dosto praise it.

>>8813552
The overcoat is just extremely expressive, I read it in Russian and my Russian is not good but it was very vivid nonetheless. The idea is very simple, there is nothing intellectually interesting going on, but Gogol was able to create something that felt so real that it forces you to confront the subject, which is a topic that many people avoid thinking about. 'Unflinching' is the word I would use to describe the way he wrote it, even with the comedic elements.

Also saying Dostoevsky praised it is an understatement, from what i remember he said something like 'it all began with the Overcoat', referring to Russian literature in his time.

People connect the story with 19th century Socialist movements but I think that kind of misses the point. There is no answer to the plight of the protagonist in the Overcoat, no social remedy or political revolution that will solve the problem. At least that's how I interpreted it.

nice a gogol thread

>>8813527
>>8813552
i also enjoyed it. found a sweet Penguin pocket edition, which also included "the nose," at my local goodwill lmao. about the side of a large shirt pocket. fits very comfortably in the breast pocket of my coat.

they were both good, but i found the overcoat to be noticeably better. been a bit since i read the overcoat. very funny of course, but also quite crushing.

Nobody takes his mystical didacticism seriously. At his worst, as in his Ukrainian stuff, he is a worthless writer; at his best, he is incomparable and inimitable. Loathe his moralistic slant, am depressed and puzzled by his inability to describe young women, deplore his obsession with religion.

>>8813667
Nabokov criticisms are the worst meme on /lit/ imo.

Nevsky avenue is just as good as the overcoat, but doenst get the same love. The portrait is also very good.

His Ukrainian tales weren't as good from a literary pov, but they are fun. I really enjoyed The terrible vengeance and I'm not a fan of fantasy.

>>8813667
>his inability to describe young women
if she breathe, she a nymphet

>>8813667
I wish Nabokov was still alive so I could strangle him

>>8813667
Nabokov can be a bit harsh on other Russian writers, but I have to agree with this:
>and puzzled by his inability to describe young women

This was especially true in The Overcoat. He had some capability of describing Akaky and some of the other men, but the female descriptions are just completely lacking. Really weird for an otherwise good writer.

>>8813067
why was Gogol convinced his writings were sinful, proceed to burn them and then feel bad about it

>>8813958
Gogol was a drama queen anon

>>8813962
fuck off you vapid cunt

>>8813975
gogol was a drama queen who bought way too much into the tormented romantic genius artist idea, i mean burning your works (or asking someone to burn them) is like the most cliche fucking self-pitying writer thing ever

>>8813990
this is fucking stupid he regretted it immediately i heard it had something to do with his religion

>>8813994
of course he regretted it immediately because it had actual consequences unlike most of his histrionics but he just had to keep going further

>>8814002
i don't really get the whole idea that he was doing it for attention

>>8814009
It's because burning your papers like that is absurd and melodramatic

>>8814024
but nobody knew and he died shortly after

>>8813814
>Nevsky avenue is just as good as the overcoat
Clearly.

>The portrait is also very good.
I wholeheartedly agree