Diary of a Madman (1835)

A Diary of a Madman (1835) is a short story by Nikolai Gogol.

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• Counter-Example(s):
  • The Nose (Gogol).
  • The Overcoat.
  • Dead Souls.
• See: Nicholas I of Russia.

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References

2018

• (Wikipedia, 2018) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diary_of_a_Madman_(short_story) Retrieved:2018-5-3.
  • "Diary of a Madman" (1835; Russian: Записки сумасшедшего, Zapiski sumasshedshego) is a farcical short story by Nikolai Gogol. Along with “The Overcoat” and “The Nose", "Diary of a Madman" is considered to be one of Gogol's greatest short stories. The tale centers on the life of a minor civil servant during the repressive era of Nicholas I. Following the format of a diary, the story shows the descent of the protagonist, Poprishchin, into insanity. “Diary of a Madman", the only one of Gogol's works written in first person, follows diary-entry format.

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