Shinel’

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Shinel’ is the original Russian title of Nikolai Gogol’s classic short story “The Overcoat,” a foundational work of 19th-century Russian literature.

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instanceOf literary work
short story
author Nikolai Gogol NERFINISHED
authorNationality Russian Empire NERFINISHED
centralTheme alienation
bureaucracy
dehumanization
poverty
social injustice
the little man in society
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire
firstPublicationLanguage Russian
form prose
genre Russian literature
realist fiction
short story
hasAdaptation film adaptations
opera adaptations
stage adaptations
hasEnglishTitle The Overcoat NERFINISHED
hasMoralOrMessage critique of social indifference
sympathy for the downtrodden
hasRussianTitle Шинель NERFINISHED
influenceOn Fyodor Dostoevsky NERFINISHED
Leo Tolstoy NERFINISHED
Russian realist prose
later Russian short fiction
keyPlotElement acquisition of a new overcoat
ghostly revenge motif
protagonist’s death
theft of the overcoat
literaryDevice fantastic elements
grotesque
irony
satire
literaryMovement Russian realism
St Petersburg tale
literaryPeriod 19th-century literature
literarySignificance foundational work of 19th-century Russian literature
mainCharacter Akaky Akakievich Bashmachkin NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective third-person narration
originalLanguage Russian
originalTitleOf The Overcoat NERFINISHED
partOf 19th-century Russian short story canon
protagonistOccupation low-ranking clerk
protagonistSocialStatus poor civil servant
settingCountry Russian Empire NERFINISHED
settingLocation Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED

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The Overcoat alsoKnownAs Shinel’