RKS Russian Literature: Nozdryyov Delivers Ultimate Insult to His Brother-in-Law (Nikolay Gogol)

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‘I really can’t stand such namby-pambies!’ and he added, aloud: ‘Well, the devil with you, go play house with your wife, you girlie-man!’

‘No brother, don’t you go calling me a girlie-man!’ replied the brother-in-law, ‘I owe her my life. She’s really so good, so kind, she’s so nice to me. It brings tears to my eyes. She’ll ask what I saw at the fair, and I have to tell her everything, she’s really so kind.’

‘Well then go feed her some cock-and-bull story. Here’s your cap…..’

‘No brother, you really shouldn’t talk about her that way; you’re offending me too, so to speak, she’s so nice.”

‘Well then, clear out and get home to her as quick as you can.’

Nikolay Gogol, “Dead Souls”, 1842.

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