A review by simplyfrancois
The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol

4.0

A delightful and easy-to-read tale, The Overcoat (or The Cloak, or The Mantle) tells us of titular councillor Akaki Akakievitch's worn out overcoat and struggle in bureaucratic St Petersburg. In the process, Gogol, introduces us, with much humour and sarcasm, to an endless series of officials with pompous titles and pointless occupations.