Portrait, the (1835) [Novella]
by Nikolai Gogol
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After a struggling artist spends the last of his money on a portrait with unnervingly realistic eyes, he is catapulted into a sudden fame which does not, in the end, bring him happiness.
Originally published in the collection Arabesques Part I, 1835.
Revised version published in The Contemporary, 1836.
Original title: Портрет [Portret]
Original languages:
Russian
Quotes:
Genre: Fiction→ Fantasy→ Literary Fantasy
Fiction→ General Fiction→ Literary Fiction/classics
This work is a subwork of the following works :
Taras Bulba and Other Tales (1918) [Collection]
Author: Nikolai Gogol
Overcoat and Other Stories, the (1923) [Collection]
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Overcoat and Other Tales of Good and Evil, the (1949) [Collection]
Author: Nikolai Gogol
Taras Bulba and Other Tales; The Inspector General (1962) [Collection]
Author: Nikolai Gogol
Collected Tales and Plays of Nikolai Gogol, the (1964) [Omnibus Volume]
Author: Nikolai Gogol
Plays and Petersburg Tales (1995) [Collection]
Author: Nikolai Gogol
Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol, the (1998) [Collection]
Author: Nikolai Gogol
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