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Diary of a Madman (Записки сумасшедшего). Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852). IN RUSSIAN. Together with "The Overcoat" and "The Nose", "Diary of a Madman" is considered one of Gogol's greatest short stories. The tale centers on the life of a minor civil servant during the era of Nicholas I. The story shows the descent of the protagonist, Poprishchin, into insanity. "Diary of a Madman" is the only one of Gogol's works written in first person. Gogol's talent is to reveal with extraordinary authenticity the world where reality is both phantasmagoric and at the same time reliable down to the smallest everyday details.
Moscow: Khudozestvennaya Literatura (Художественная Литература), 1985. Illustrations special to this edition by V.N. Minaev. 80 pages. IN RUSSIAN. Printed on quality paper. Small hardcover, light traces of storage, otherwise about fine.
