The Nose

by Nikolai Gogol · first published 1836

"The Nose" (Russian: Нос, romanized: Nos) is a satirical short story by Nikolai Gogol. Written between 1835 and 1836, while Gogol was living in St. Petersburg, "The Nose" tells the story of a government official whose nose leaves his face and develops a life of its own. The story was originally published in The Contemporary, a literary journal owned by Alexander Pushkin.

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Original language:

Russian

Year page:

1836