Project Gutenberg 2016-07-04 Public domain in the USA. 71 Gogol, Nikolai Vasilevich 1809 1852 Gogol, Nikolay Vasilyevich Гоголь, Николай Васильевич Gogol, Nikolaj Nos. Finnish Nenä Produced by Tapio Riikonen "Nenä" by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol is a satirical short story written in the early 19th century. The narrative explores themes of identity and social status through absurdity, revolving around a man who unexpectedly loses his nose, which then takes on a life of its own as it masquerades as a government official. The story is a critique of the bureaucratic nature of society and the importance of appearances. The plot follows Major Kovalev who wakes up one morning to find that his nose has vanished. Confounded, he soon discovers that his nose is walking around town, dressed as a high-ranking official. In a desperate attempt to reclaim his lost appendage, Kovalev embarks on a humorous and absurd quest, encountering various characters and revealing the absurdities of social status. Gogol's tale uses this bizarre premise to comment on vanity, the superficiality of social hierarchies, and the individual's struggle against societal norms, ultimately reflecting broader truths about human nature and identity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fi Russia -- Social life and customs -- Fiction Russian fiction -- Translations into Finnish Saint Petersburg (Russia) -- Officials and employees -- Fiction Nose -- Fiction PG Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 89465 89404 2024-09-21T18:22:39.771901 2023-09-22T14:47:03.597768 text/html text/html 89458 89397 2024-09-21T18:22:39.994993 2023-09-22T14:47:03.738767 text/html text/html 103233 2024-09-21T18:22:44.988882 application/epub+zip 102182 2024-09-21T18:22:42.500898 application/epub+zip 98978 2024-09-21T18:22:41.345897 application/epub+zip 173489 2024-09-21T18:22:46.816888 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 164940 2024-09-21T18:22:44.297904 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 150727 2022-09-23T22:27:21.288624 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 77845 77836 2024-09-21T18:22:39.512914 2023-09-22T14:47:03.422775 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 74873 2016-07-04T15:35:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 30409 2016-07-04T15:35:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19222 2024-09-21T18:22:46.940864 application/rdf+xml 10798 2024-09-21T18:22:41.888902 image/jpeg 2806 2024-09-21T18:22:41.615901 image/jpeg 100360 2024-09-21T18:22:40.003922 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia de.wikipedia fi.wikipedia