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Diary of a Madman

Nikolai Gogol

ebook | Pages: 111 pages

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Title	:	Diary of a Madman
Author	:	Nikolai Gogol
Book Format	:	ebook
Book Edition	:	Smashwords
Pages	:	Pages: 111 pages
Published	:	November 21st 2014 by Watersgreen House (first published 1835)
Categories	:	Short Stories. Fiction. Cultural. Russia. Classics. Literature. Russian Literature

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Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (1809-1852), although Russian, was born in the village of Sorochyntsi in the Poltava Oblast province of central Ukraine. He was never accepted by the Russian public as being completely Russian in his thinking and political ideology, and indeed he was not. Gogol's Ukrainian upbringing is most evident in his early works which draw heavily from Ukrainian culture and folk history. His later writing was more subversive, openly satirizing the corruption he saw rampant throughout Russia's empire. Gogol was homosexual. At age seventeen he wrote passionate letters to a friend who, being two years older, had graduated before Gogol, leaving him bereft. Gogol eventually exiled himself from Russia, living in Rome. It was here that he enjoyed at least one mutual love affair with a man, but his lover died within a year of their meeting. Two years later Gogol fell in love with the poet Nikolai Yazykov and penned love letters to him, but his efforts came to nothing. Gogol died in Moscow and was buried at Davilov Monastery. His last words were placed on his tombstone: "And I shall laugh my bitter laugh." When Soviet authorities decided to demolish the monastery in 1931 and transfer Gogol's remains, it was discovered his body had been buried lying face down, leading some to wonder if he had been buried alive.

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I have to admit that I am not very familiar with the Russian literature, however this short book describes perfectly the stress of youth struggling in a dominating society. Who am I? Could I be the king of Ispany and still be totally unaware of it? Am I too ugly? Too unimportant? Except for all these heart-rending questions, Gogol condemns the poor psychiatric help offered during his age.

I've been working my way through Gogol's short stories for a while, and regret just reading them before bed (often falling asleep in the middle of one) because they are brilliant.Ah, you pup! I confess, I was very surprised to hear her speak in human language. But later, when Id thought it over properly, I at once ceased to be surprised. Actually, there have already been many such examples in the world. They say in England a fish surfaced who spoke a couple of words in such a strange language

He can't accept that the woman he's fallen in love with from afar will marry someone of higher social standing, so he decides to become the King of Spain. Also, he whines about how muslims are taking over France.Basically, the only thing here that doesn't make the main character seem like any current-day MRA loser is that he's actually thrown in the loony bin.

thoughts a deluge and flood of thoughts with no sense or direction that is Diary of a Madman. Indeed, powerful and very well-written!

"Date none. The day had no date."The only force that pushed me through the first two-thirds of Diary of a Madman was Dostoyevsky's opinion of Gogol, with nonetheless a constant thought hovering over my head: "something is definitely wrong, either with Fyodor or with me." That first part is a pale narration of prodromal psychosis, which could very well be a lame work of fantasy. But then! then, the catapult, the descent into madness so brusquely, so delightfully portrayed [timid exclamation mark;

This is a heart touching short account of a man who is mentally unstable. His delusional mind is so well portrayed as he slowly sunk into complete insanity. Additionally, the author also shows how isolated such a person really is from the rest of the world and then goes onto expose the inhuman and shocking treatment met by those insane in lunatic asylum. It is very sad little story. And even though Gogol had employed a light tone to tell the story, the underlying gravity is inevitable. As always

3.5 starsthis book is wild. Poprishchin's insanity is terrifying but funny at the same time. I saw this short story as a play a month ago and I loved it then, and it was still good as a book but I feel like it's missed the frightening madness and the amount of pain this man felt during his life. the references to Russian's political and financial situation at Gogol's times were also very exciting, but as mentioned, the book could've been a lot more impactful if it was a bit longer and focused