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The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol
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4.5

The Overcoat by Gogol is a commentary on the needless bureaucracy and how it eventually affected Akaky. This will always be a timeless classic because where there is inequality, there will be systems in place to further that inequality and mistreatment.

The story kept reminding me of the term, “Kafkaesque” and I found out much later that Nikolai Gogol served as an inspiration for Franz Kafka.

It is just one of those stories that will live on forever! I read it as part of a short stories in Russian Literature pick and I see why it is one of the top picks. Brilliant story and writing. I found out much later that this story was set in aristocratic Russia and was a social commentary on the stifling bureaucracy put in place to control the “peasants.”