Cloak (Version 2)
Author: first_name: Nikolai Vasilievich
last_name: Gogol
Language: English
Year: 0

The Cloak or the Overcoat as in some translations, is a story by Ukrainian-born Russian author Nikolai Gogol, published in 1842. The story and its author have had great influence on Russian literature, as expressed in a quote attributed to Fyodor Dostoyevsky: "We all come out from Gogol's 'Overcoat'." It is pointed to as the start of the realistic style of writing.  Summary by phil c