New Comedy in Hartford Nikolai Gogol's short stories "The Overcoat" and "Diary of a Madman" were the basis for the production titled "The Overcoat," opening Friday at the Bushnell's Belding Theater in Hartford and running through Jan . 30
The overcoat wasn't really seen as worthy of it before.
The Overcoat, short story by Nikolay Gogol, published in Russian as "Shinel" in 1842.
The Overcoat is perhaps the best-known and most influential short fiction in all of Russian literature.
The Overcoat (1951), adapted from a Gogol story, was the most accomplished, but often the form looked stilted and artificial, suffering from the lack of words.
Despite the overcoat and umbrella, Ruth recognized him immediately.
Shawn muffled, his face pressed hard to the overcoat.
Huston lifted the hand in the overcoat sleeve and felt for the pulse.
Gogol's Dead Souls and "The Overcoat" are considered the foundation of 19th-century Russian realism.
CITY OF ANGELS: Or, The Overcoat of Dr. Freud, by Christa Wolf.
