“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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