The Lost Letter
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"The Lost Letter" is a humorous and fantastical short story by Nikolai Gogol, included in his early Ukrainian-themed collection *Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka*.
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
short story ⓘ |
| author | Nikolai Gogol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Ukrainian folklore ⓘ |
| collection | Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| firstPublication | 1831 ⓘ |
| genre |
fantastical fiction
ⓘ
humorous fiction ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| hasApproximateLength | short ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatus | part of Gogol's early Ukrainian tales ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
Cossacks
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
peasants ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext |
Orthodox Christian traditions
ⓘ
Ukrainian village life ⓘ |
| hasElement |
bargain with supernatural beings
ⓘ
card-playing motif ⓘ devils ⓘ witches ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasImagery |
folk motifs
ⓘ
nighttime journeys ⓘ taverns ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | later Russian fantastical prose ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeStyle | frame narrative ⓘ |
| hasNarrator | Rudy Panko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPublicationMedium | book ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| hasTone |
comic
ⓘ
satirical ⓘ |
| includedInVolume | First volume of Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka ⓘ |
| isEarlyWorkOf | Nikolai Gogol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| partOf | Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Ukraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
Ukrainian culture
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folklore ⓘ humor ⓘ rural life ⓘ the supernatural ⓘ |
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