Masterpieces of Short Fiction

Under Gogol's "Overcoat" (1x3)

Air date: Jan 01, 2008

The next stop is tsarist Russia, where you encounter one of the most influential pieces of 19th-century short fiction. In this darkly satiric yet sympathetic story, Gogol' creates the ultimate "low man," Akaky, the predecessor of a generation of literary underdogs.