Memoirs; or, Diary of a Madman

This early work by Nikolai Gogol was originally published in 1835 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. ''Memoirs; or, Diary of a Madman'' is a short story about the life of a minor civil servant during the repressive era of Nicholas I. Following the format of a diary, the story shows the descent of the protagonist, Poprishchin, into insanity. Nikolai Vasilievich ...