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- Nicolai Vasilyevich 1809-1852. Russian
- writer. His first success was a collection
- of stories, Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka
- 1831-32, followed by Mirgorod 1835. Later
- works include Arabesques 1835, the comedy
- play The Inspector General 1836, and the
- picaresque novel Dead Souls 1842, which
- satirizes Russian provincial society. Born
- near Poltava, Gogol tried several careers
- before entering the St Petersburg Civil
- Service. From 1835 he travelled in Europe,
- and it was in Rome that he completed the
- earlier part of Dead Souls 1842. Other works
- include the short stories `The Overcoat' and
- `The Nose'.
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