Bobok
To begin with the smell. There were fifteen hearses, with palls varying in expensiveness; there were actually two catafalques. One was a general's and one some lady's. There were many mourners, a great deal of feigned mourning and a great deal of open gaiety. The clergy have nothing to complain...
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To begin with the smell. There were fifteen hearses, with palls varying in expensiveness; there were actually two catafalques. One was a general's and one some lady's. There were many mourners, a great deal of feigned mourning and a great deal of open gaiety. The clergy have nothing to complain of; it brings them a good income. But the smell, the smell. I should not like to be one of the clergy here.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781419110429 (141911042X)
Publish date: June 1st 2004
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Pages no: 22
Edition language: English
This could have been one of the great stories of all time if he had gone the distance and implemented the twist he foreshadows. I understand that's normally not his thing, but this story is fantastical as it is. He did it in The Doulbe, why couldn't he go Gogol here? He should have followed throu...
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