![]() ![]() The Narrator of the story spares no one from criticism and mockery. I have never read Gogol but I found humor to be very rewarding considering the subject matter is supposedly about dead serfs and bureaucratic fraud. U/trailname and u/Chaplin7 have already pointed to the satire and dark humor that greet the reader from the start of the book. Off course, the best translation is the one that the reader can comprehend and enjoy. This blog post compares some translations. ![]() There are multiple English translations available and unfortunately even the greatest translation will fail to capture all the subtle word play or character descriptions from the original Russian. ![]()
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