Nikolai Gogol’s tales are grouped by territory—the action takes place in St. Petersburg. Exactly here lives the timid, poor, and unhappy Bashmachkin (the story `The Overcoat`), exactly here, emphasizing the worthlessness of his master, the Nose begins its independent life, exactly here the artist sells his talent (the story `Portrait`), and it is on Nevsky Prospekt that the last hopes fade…
Contents:
1. A carriage
2. Nevsky Prospekt
3. Notes of a Madman
4. The Overcoat
5. Portrait
6. The Nose