The Overcoat and Other Short Stories Author:Nikolai Gogol Four works by great 19th-century Russian author: "The Nose," a savage satire of Russia?s incompetent bureaucrats and its snobbish and complacent upper classes; "Old-Fashioned Farmers," a pleasant depiction of an elderly couple living in rustic seclusion; "The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarrelled with Ivan Nikiforovich," one of Gogol?s most famo... more »us comic stories; and "The Overcoat," widely considered a masterpiece of form.« less