The author of this book, Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol, is the father of prose in Russian literature, just as Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin is the father of poetry in Russian literature. Known as the double jade in the history of Russian literature. Gogol was born on March 20, 1809 in the town of Veliki Solokince, Mirgrad County, Poltava Province.From 1821 to 1828, Gogol spent time at the Niezhin Higher Science High School.These were the years when the Patriotic War of 1812, which ended in the defeat of the Decembrists, and the events at the Privy Council Square aroused an upsurge in national self-consciousness and a widespread dissemination of the love of liberty.It is impossible for these trends of thought not to have a huge impact on the young Gogol.Since he was a child, he had a deep-seated hatred for the brutality of Russian despotism and feudal serfdom.

This little book contains three of Gogol's novels: "The Story of the Quarrel Between Ivan Ivanovich and Ivan Nikiforovich", "Overcoat" and "Taras Bulba". The plot of "The Quarrel Between Ivan Ivanovich and Ivan Nikiforovich" is very simple. It describes two close friends, Ivan Ivanovich and Ivan Nikiforovich. Time has passed, they are as close as brothers, and suddenly they become enemies because of a small incident. The white money keeps flowing out, and the lawsuit is still unfinished after more than ten years. Both of them have gray hair and face. And the forehead is already covered with wrinkles.The author finally ended the full text with a sentence of emotion: Everyone, this world is really boring!

This novel is full of humor; but Gogol's humor is not gags, grimacing, glib, or using some funny and sudden words to talk about the fun of bloggers after dinner.The humor in his works is drawn from real life, and it is closely combined with his realistic creative principles.Gogol hated to expose and spur the Russian feudal serfdom that oppressed the people──this is the main feature of his works.What he ridiculed was not the ugliness, stupidity, or ridiculousness of one or two individuals, but the entire feudal serfdom system that oppressed the people.Laughing at the idiot's ugliness, dementia, and flaws, readers may not be able to help laughing, but the author presents "life naked to the extent that people are shy today, exposing all the terrible ugliness and all the solemn beauty together, so good Like cutting with a scalpel" (Belinsky), so that readers can really see the root of the disease-the feudal serfdom has cultivated a group of parasites, who only eat, drink and play all day long, and their lives are really boring. The world became very narrow, and just because they were called "gander" by the other party, they fought a lawsuit all their lives.We couldn't help laughing at the quarrel between the two friends, but at the end of the reading, seeing the desolate and bleak scenery of Mirgrad, we couldn't help shouting with the author: Gentlemen, this world is so dull!From the comedy tone to the tragic sadness and sentimentality naturally, this is a vivid example of the close integration of Gogol's works and real life.

"Overcoat" describes a poor little civil servant who spends all day copying documents at his desk.He was the so-called "ninth-rank civil servant for a lifetime", and he was always bullied. When people saw him passing by, they regarded him as a fly and never paid attention to him.Copying dull and monotonous documents was his only duty, his only hobby, his only consolation.Colleagues also made fun of him, throwing scraps of paper on his head.He was not swayed by the entanglement of the outside world, and he still buried himself in copying his documents without any complaints.Only when the joke was too serious and hindered his work, he said: "Let me be quiet, why are you bullying me?" Xinxin's words poured all his sympathy, compassion and love.Akaky Akakinavich was too modest and gentle.Gogol's attitude towards the protagonist is mainly what Lu Xun said, "sorrow his misfortune, anger him without dispute".The biting cold of the Petersburg winter was so severe that Akakiy Akakinavich could no longer bear it, and he had to sew a coat.The story of the novel revolves around the sewing and theft of the coat.

It was no big deal for someone else to sew a coat, but Akaky Akakinavich would be very troublesome to acquire another.He had to consult with a tailor, look at the material, find an idea to make it both beautiful and cheap, and most importantly, he had to raise enough money first.He usually lived frugally, did not even light candles when copying official documents, and was often hungry without food; but his savings were far from the money needed to make a coat, and suddenly the minister's bounty was particularly large once. , his shortfall can barely be made up: he only needs to starve for another two or three months.So on the grandest day of his life, the tailor brought him a new coat.

Akakiy Akakinavich's extra coat became news at once, everyone came to congratulate him, and some kind people gave him a party at home today.Unexpectedly, this party caused him a sad and unfortunate encounter—he passed a deserted square on his way home, and the new coat he sewed with hard-earned money was snatched by some robbers. After several rounds of negotiations, someone finally persuaded him to meet a certain "vital person".On the contrary, Akaky Akakinovich stuttered and stammered, and this "big man" put on a show quite unnecessarily, talked freely with a friend, deliberately made Akaki Akaki Navic stood aside and ignored him.In this stark contrast.The author fully expresses his sympathy for the situation of the little people and his hatred for the bureaucratic institutions that oppress the little people!Akaky Akakinavich's complaint interrupted the conversation of the "big man" with his friends. In order to express his displeasure and majesty, the "big man" suddenly yelled at him, which frightened him into unconsciousness on the spot.Akaky Akakinavich came home with a high fever, and the next day he fell ill, and when he was carried out in a thin-skinned coffin, the man was wiped out from the world.Gogol continued to describe in his humorous style: "...the next day there was a new official sitting in his seat, who was much taller, and the letters written were not straight, but much skewed. , much more crooked." These few sentences seem calm, but we can feel that these words contain the author's unbearable anger and injustice at the decaying and declining feudal serfdom in Russia!

Compared with the other two works, "Taras Bulba" is completely different in nature: most of Gogol's works are satire and ridicule of real life, but in "Taras Bulba", he Pinned his ideals.In his opinion, only the Zaporosh Cossacks can show real bravery, openness and frankness, and these rare qualities cannot be found in the feudal serf system. "Taras Bulba" depicts the firmness, bravery and eternal loyalty of the Ukrainian people to the people and the motherland with splashed ink strokes.In the middle, there is an episode in which Bulba's youngest son Andrei falls in love with a beautiful Polish woman. This lingering and slanderous feeling makes Andrei betray his motherland and people, and the old Bulba mercilessly lures him into In the forest, shot him dead.Old Bulba's real heir is his eldest son, Ostap, who fought bloody battles, was unfortunately arrested and brutally killed by the enemy.When he was dying, he thought of his relatives and shouted: "Father! Where are you? Did you hear that?" Old Bulba replied loudly among the crowd of onlookers: "I'm listening!" This fully demonstrated The heroic tenacity and sincere feelings of the Tsaporosh Cossacks.Old Bulba answered his son's questions wholeheartedly, never paying attention to his enemies.Later, old Burbabi was surrounded by enemies, and he put his own life at risk, thinking that saving his companions was better than protecting himself.He was finally burned alive by being tied to a firewood.He completed the blood sacrifice to the motherland and the people.

"Taras Bulba" is a magnificent and great epic praising the Ukrainian people.But there is a spiritual connection between this epic and some of Gogol's other revealing and satirical works.Only those who can hate can be loved. It is precisely because Gogol hated the Russian feudal serfdom to such a depth that he was able to portray such lively heroic images as Old Bulba and Ostap. This kind of heroic image will never be in the hearts of readers. obliterated. translator