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Does anyone here like Nikolai Gogol?

>> No.1016175

he's russian, so no

>> No.1016177

>>1016175
Russians are the.best.writers.evar.

>> No.1016180

I like him, but take my opinion with a grain of salt, as I've only read Dead Souls.

>> No.1016190

>>1016177

if by best, you mean worst, then yes

>> No.1016200

>>1016175
>>1016190

I'd like you to back your opinions up. It's an important skill you'll need to learn as you enter high school.

>> No.1016205

>>1016200

ah yes high school...that's where they start feeding you bullshit about russians. perhaps you'll read a piece of shit like Crime and Punishment for the first time.

>> No.1016206

absolutely. dead souls is beautifully written, and his short stories are all very interesting and stimulating.

>>1016175

i used to think like this, then i read nabokov, then gogol, then krzhizhanovsky, and then kharms. i guess i always thought that russian authors were all like tolstoy et al, getting paid a penny per page and such, but this is very much not true.

>> No.1016209

>>1016205
Russian wasn't a single part of my high school English reading list.

All the Russian I've read was entirely on my own. And I like it.

>Yes, I graduated, inb4 Freshman

>> No.1016227

i read a short story collection by him, i've never felt so depressed in my life as i did then.