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The cloak

N.V. Gogol

Publisher: Passerino

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Summary

"The Cloak" is a short story by Ukrainian-born Russian author Nikolai Gogol, published in 1842. 

Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (1809 – 1852) was a Russian dramatist of Ukrainian origin.


Translated by Thomas Seltzer.
Available since: 09/30/2017.

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