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  • A Russian Ghost Story, with Original Foreword by Kate Shrewsday
  • By: Nikolai Gogol
  • Narrated by: Kate Shrewsday
  • Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (13 ratings)
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By: Nikolai Gogol
Narrated by: Kate Shrewsday
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Summary

Nicolai Gogol's classic ghost story set in the streets of St. Petersburg in the 19th century.

©2015 Kate Pitt (P)2015 Kate Pitt
Classics Horror Crime Fiction
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Marvellous & insightful

Excellent read. Knowable characters, a small scale story told with detail & great skill. Oh Akaky I will buy you a new overcoat, and a spare.A small masterpiece.

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I can imagine Adam Sandler doing this as a film.

Extremely accessible writing. Strangely I found it's style similar to current Hollywood movies which shows the modernity of Gogol's mind. His depiction of the downtrodden is humorous and keenly observed. His portrayal of a power crazy petty beurocrat rapier-like. Like the ultimately ghostly protagonist Gogol exacts his revenge on the absurd in humanity in the immortal characters he leaves behind.

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