“In three years’ time the thin man will not have a single serf left to him that has not been mortgaged; the fat man goes on his quiet way, and ,lo and behold, suddenly at the end of town there appears a house that’s been purchased in his wife’s name, then at the other endContinue reading “RKS Russian Literature: Fat and Thin Officials in Russia/Part Two (Nikolay Gogol)”
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RKS Russian Literature: Fat and Thin Officials in Russia/Part One (Nikolay Gogol)
“These were the highly respected officials of the town. Alas! The fat ones of this world know how to manage their affairs better than the thin ones. The thin ones are mostly employed on special assignments or are merely carried on the civil service list, and flit hither and yon. Their existence is weightless, insubstantialContinue reading “RKS Russian Literature: Fat and Thin Officials in Russia/Part One (Nikolay Gogol)”
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