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en
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Project Gutenberg
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Produced by Meredith Bach, Jana Srna and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Release date
2011-05-27
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1809–1852
Best known for blending sharp comedy with eerie, unforgettable scenes, this Ukrainian-born writer helped change Russian literature with works like Dead Souls, The Overcoat, and The Nose. His stories move easily from satire to the strange, making ordinary officials, swindlers, and dreamers feel both funny and haunting.
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