The Overcoat
A Classic Russian Ghost Story of Poverty, Bureaucracy, and Transformation — Modern English Edition
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The Overcoat
Narrated by:
Luke Meinier Dalofin
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Narrated by:
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Luke Meinier Dalofin
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Nikolai Gogo
Summary
For Akaky, a new coat is more than protection from the bitter Russian winter. It becomes a source of pride, dignity, and a rare sense of belonging. But when that fragile happiness is suddenly taken from him, his desperate search for justice leads him into a world of bureaucracy, indifference, and consequences that take an increasingly strange turn.
Nikolai Gogol's The Overcoat combines dark humor, social satire, tragedy, absurdity, and the supernatural in one of the most influential short stories in Russian literature. Beneath its eccentric comedy is a deeply human story about loneliness, dignity, poverty, status, and what happens when an ordinary person is treated as though he barely matters.
This audiobook presents Gogol's story in modern, natural English, making the classic more accessible to today's listener while preserving the original story and its distinctive atmosphere.
Narrated by Luke Meinier Dalofin, this human-performed edition brings Gogol's characters, humor, tragedy, and strange supernatural ending to life for a contemporary audiobook audience.
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