A short story by Russian author N. Gogol. Published in 1842. It is the most important work in the series of his works known as the "Petersburg Stories." Akaky Akakievich, a poor minor official, has finally bought a new overcoat. However, he is invited to a banquet as a joke and forced to drink alcohol. On his way home, he is attacked by robbers and his overcoat is stolen. The police ignore him, and he asks an "important person" for help, but they turn him away. Dejected, he falls ill and dies alone. After his death, a ghost appears, tearing the overcoat away from the official. The ghost finally attacks the "important person's" carriage and disappears. Gogol appeals to the reader that even "small people" are "human" through "laughter through tears," and made a great impression on the reading public at the time, having a great influence on the development of Russian literature thereafter. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information |
ロシアの作家 N.ゴーゴリの短編小説。 1842年発表。いわゆる「ペテルブルグもの」と称される彼の作品系列のなかで最も重要な作品。貧しい小役人のアカーキー・アカーキエビッチは,やっとの思いで外套を新調した。だがそのためにひやかし半分の祝宴に引出され,無理に酒を飲まされたあげく,帰途,強盗に襲われて外套は盗まれてしまう。警察にも相手にされず,ある「重要人物」に願い出たが追返される。気落ちした彼は病気になり,寂しく死んでいく。彼の死後,官吏から外套を引きはがす幽霊が出るようになった。幽霊は最後に「重要人物」の馬車を襲って消える。ゴーゴリは「涙を通しての笑い」を通じて,「ちっぽけな人間」も「人間」であることを訴え,当時の読書界に大きな感銘を与え,その後のロシア文学の発展に多大の影響を及ぼした。
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