Le journal d'un fou suivi de Le portrait et de La perspective Nevsky by Nikolai Gogol

the usage of a unique combo of comedy, social statement, and fable, Nikolai Gogol helped to introduce a realistic literary motion that led to the writings of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. The works covered on this extent had been written throughout Gogol's maximum efficient period - a fantastically short time of vigorous and wonderful creativity. As Leon Stilman states in his Afterword, "The cause for analyzing Gogol is that he's a super creator, in reality on of the most original, maximum delightfully and brilliantly imaginative writers of the nineteenth century; one also whose perception of the world and whose art are often amazingly contemporary."