The famous words of F. Dostoevsky that “ we all came out of Gogol's greatcoat"Implied that any Russian democratic literature is based mainly on the story N. Gogol « Overcoat "... It was in this story that the main literary hero was not the count or the tsar, but the most ordinary little man, an official, a clerk, unremarkable. In this article, I bring to the attention of the readers summary Gogol's story « Overcoat "
N. Gogol Overcoat: Summary.
There was an official in the world. He served as a clerk in one of the departments. His responsibilities were simply to rewrite the texts. He did the same thing for years - he copied beautifully. All his concern was beautiful lines. He loved his job in his own way. He even had favorite letters! The official's name was Akaki Akakievich Bashmachkin.
I must say that when Akaki was born, it took a very long time to find a name for him. For some reason, all the names came across strange: Khozdazad, Varakhasiy, Pavsikakhiy, etc. They decided not to use such names, but to name the boy in honor of his father - Akaki. Gogol describes Akaki Akakievich as follows: “ short in stature, somewhat pockmarked, somewhat reddish, a little even slightly blind in appearance, with a small bald spot on the forehead, with wrinkles on both sides of the cheeks and complexion, which is called hemorrhoidal "... Akaki Akakievich dressed badly and tasteless. Here is how Gogol described the clothes of the protagonist: “ ... a uniform ... not green, but some kind of reddish-flour color, to which something sticks all the time "... Nobody likes or respects Akaki Akakievich. They laugh at him and make fun of him. Sometimes the jokes of employees even turned into mockery. But the main character did not respond to the sharp attacks of colleagues.
Akaki Akakievich lived very modestly. I saved on everything. Didn't allow myself any entertainment. Ate not tasty, but cheap. In principle, everything in life suited the protagonist of the story. But over time, a moment came when Akaky Akakievich's old overcoat became completely useless. She didn't heat anymore " official for the letter "... Incidentally, this very overcoat has recently been a special subject of strong ridicule by colleagues.
The cold forced Akaki Akakievich to go to the familiar tailor Petrovich, who drank a lot and was a former serf. Akaki Akakievich asked Petrovich to repair the old overcoat. But the tailor, seeing how badly the fabric had rotted, refused to accept the overcoat for alteration and offered to sew a new one for 150 rubles. I must say that Akaki Akakievich's salary for the year was 400 rubles. For him, 150 rubles is a very large amount. Therefore, our hero decided to approach Petrovich at a more opportune moment. Akaki Akakievich considered the right moment when Petrovich was tipsy. He tried in every possible way to persuade the tailor, but Petrovich did not even agree to be drunk. Akaky Akakievich had to come to terms with the situation and start saving money for a new overcoat.
For several years, the official was able to save only 40 rubles for the letter. He put aside every penny, he gave up tea and candles in the evenings, tried to protect the soles of his shoes, and cut down on visits to the laundress. To prevent the linen from wearing out, Akaky Akakievich wore only one dressing gown at home.
But finally the moment came when the required amount was accumulated. Together with Petrovich Akaki Akakievich they buy fabric for an overcoat. Instead of a silk lining, they bought a calico, and instead of a marten, they bought a cat for the collar. Two weeks later, Petrovich handed over a brand new overcoat to Akaky Akakievich. Gogol called this day “ solemn afternoon"In the life of the protagonist. Petrovich feels the solemnity of the moment no less. He dressed Akaky Akakievich with special feeling, and when he went out into the street, the tailor ran after him to admire the result of his labor.
When Akaki Akakievich appeared in the department in a new overcoat, almost all his workmates came running to watch such an important event. Colleagues began to demand that the new thing " need to inject "... But Akaky Akakievich began to refuse in every possible way and to make excuses from this undertaking. Suddenly there was an official among the employees who invited everyone to his place for such an occasion. Since Akaki Akakievich turned out to be the hero of the occasion, he was forced to go to that evening. But on this holiday, the main character is not comfortable. Even after drinking champagne, Akaki Akakievich tried to quietly leave the party in his honor.
On the way home, Akaky Akakievich was attacked, severely beaten, and his overcoat was stolen. After the incident, the main character went to a private bailiff. Somehow he got to the reception. But the bailiff did not open the case and did not start looking for the thieves. The main character came to work extremely upset. Colleagues advised him to seek help from a "significant person". Akaki Akakievich heeded the advice and made his way with great difficulty to an appointment with the general. However, the general decided that such a request of the little man looked familiar and, very indignant, drove Akaki Akakievich out. Finally upset and having lost all hope of returning the expensive overcoat, the main character returned home. During this journey, Akaki Akakievich managed to catch a bad cold. The illness caused him delirium. In the visions the official of the letter sees Petrovich that he is sewing an overcoat for him and a general who stomps his feet in indignation. So Akaki Akakievich dies. In the department, they learn about his death only when they remember, namely on the 4th day after death.
After these events, rumors began to spread around the city that allegedly in the area of the Kalinkin bridge there was a ghost in the form of an official. The dead official is looking for an overcoat and therefore takes it from every passer-by. The ghost does not look at ranks and titles. Does not look at the cheapness or high cost of overcoats.
The general who treated Akaki Akakievich so cruelly, meanwhile, cooled down and even took pity on the poor fellow. He sent a man to him and received the news of death. The general was upset. But already at dinner with a friend, he forgot about the unfortunate.
Once the general went to visit a lady he knew. Suddenly he felt that someone grabbed him by the collar of his greatcoat. The general turned around and recognized Akaki Akakievich in the ghost. The dead official demanded an overcoat from the general. He took it away and disappeared.
After this mystical incident, the general changed a lot in relation to people. His arrogance and arrogance disappeared somewhere, rudeness towards his subordinates disappeared.
They say that the ghost of the official at the bridge disappeared from that moment.
This is summary story " Overcoat» N. Gogol.
Excellent preparation to all in the educational process!
An official Akaki Akakievich Bashmachkin serves in one department. When he was born, it took him a long time to choose a name, but the names came across very strange, so they decided to name him after his father. In the department, for many years now, he is the eternal titular adviser - he rewrites various papers. In the service, no one respects him, everyone laughs and mocks him. Bashmachkin is an unrequited person, he cannot stand up for himself, but he serves "with love", he even has favorite letters. He knows nothing, except for mechanical rewriting of documents. Akaky Akakievich is always poorly dressed, and what he eats does not matter to him. All his thoughts are occupied only with straight lines. In addition, he does not allow himself any entertainment, which, in his opinion, are excesses. He would be quite happy with his life if he did not have to freeze, since his old overcoat was completely worn out, which has long been the subject of ridicule by colleagues. Bashmachkin takes it to the tailor Petrovich in order to alter it, but he refuses, since the fabric is already rotten through and through, and advises to sew a new one. Then Akaki Akakievich begins to save money for a new overcoat, establishing for himself a regime of the strictest economy, for example, refuses to drink tea in the evenings, does not light a candle, tries to give the washerwoman to wash clothes as rarely as possible, and so on. Six months later, Bashmachkin and Petrovich buy cloth, a cat for a collar, a tailor sews an overcoat in two weeks, and a "solemn day" begins in the life of a little official. At the service, everyone comes running to look at a new overcoat. Another official decides to arrange an evening, inviting everyone to his place. At a visit, Bashmachkin feels uncomfortable and leaves earlier than the others. On the way home he is beaten and his overcoat is taken away. Trying to find justice, the hero goes to see a private bailiff, but to no avail. The department recommends contacting a "significant person". Bashmachkin hardly gets an appointment with the general, but he drives him away, believing that the official expressed his request in a familiar way. Akaki Akakievich leaves, on the way home he catches a cold, falls ill with a fever and dies. At the service, they discover his absence only on the fourth day.
After a while, rumors spread around the city that a ghost appeared at the Kalinkin bridge - a dead man in the form of an official who is looking for a stolen greatcoat and, therefore, strips off greatcoats from everyone, without disassembling rank and rank. Once the general, going to visit, felt that someone grabbed him by the collar. Turning around, he recognizes Akaky Akakievich in the ghost, who takes his overcoat from him and takes it for himself. Since then, the general has changed a lot, began to treat his subordinates less arrogantly. And the appearance of the dead man in the city stopped, apparently, the general's overcoat fit him.
Summary of the Overcoat
This story begins with the story of the birth of a St. Petersburg official, the origin of his fancy name, and goes on to narrate his deeds in the service. He was a short man, slightly blind, with wrinkles on his forehead, on his cheeks, and an unhealthy complexion. His surname was Bashmachkin, and his name was Akaki. The name of the child was chosen for a long time. Since all the other proposed names at baptism seemed strange, for example, Mokkia, Khozdazata, so they decided to name him as a father. So he became Akaki Akakievich.
When he appeared in the department as an official for the letter, no one knew, he was so inconspicuous. Young officials did not respect him at all, sometimes even laughing in his face. When he was tired of their jokes, he said: "Leave me, why are you offending me?" And there was something strange in these words, even in the voice with which he spoke them. He did his work with love. His service consisted, in fact, in rewriting papers. He copied them both at work and at home. Hastily sipped some cabbage soup, he again took out a bottle of ink and got down to business. When there was nothing left to rewrite, he made a copy for himself from some intricate document. And only having written his fill, he went to bed.
Once in the department he was offered a small promotion, but he was intimidated and refused. In no way did he care about everything that was done on the street. When everyone was eager to have fun, he hurried home to make tea for himself. However, his calmness and measured life was disturbed by one circumstance. This was due to the Petersburg frosts, which more than once issued a warning to Akaki Akakievich. The fact is that the overcoat he wore had long lost its appearance and was worn out. Soon frost was hot on both my back and my shoulder. And his colleagues just for fun called his greatcoat "the hood". Then he decided to visit a familiar tailor by the name of Petrovich. He flatly refused to repair the overcoat and said that it was necessary to sew a new one. What to do, because the frosts are severe. And the prize was given as much as twenty rubles more than expected.
As a result, Akaki Akakievich agreed, decided to save on everything in order to pay the full cost of the new overcoat - as much as eighty rubles. He stopped drinking tea often, less often lit candles in the evenings, walked along the pavement carefully so as not to wear out his soles, did not wear linen to the washerwoman. In a word, for the sake of the dream of a new soft overcoat with cotton wool and a strong lining, it took two or three months to starve. When the necessary amount was accumulated, he and Petrovich went to the shops and chose materials: a cat for a collar, a cloth, a calico for a lining. Petrovich demanded twelve rubles for his work, and the process took two weeks.
And now, finally, the most solemn day in the life of Akaki Akakievich has come. The overcoat was ready and he immediately put it on in the department. There everyone congratulated him and even said that it was necessary to celebrate this event. The embarrassed official was saved only by an invitation to tea from another official in the department, who was the birthday boy that day. After the celebration, Akaki Akakievich, as usual, returned home, had lunch and went to an official who lived in the far end of the city. There, everyone liked his greatcoat, too, then there was a dinner with champagne. Despite the fact that he did not want to stay late, he was detained until almost midnight. Then he quietly left.
On the way, he was in such a cheerful mood that he even decided to follow a lady. Soon the streets became deserted and fearsome. Suddenly, people with mustaches came up to him, took a new overcoat and pushed him into the snow. Akaky Akakievich, shouting, ran to the guard, but he did not want to lift a finger. He returned home completely upset. The next day, he turned to a private bailiff, who also did not find help. In the department, seeing him in the old "hood", they took pity on him and even thought to make a club to somehow help. As a result, a mere trifle was collected and he was advised to contact one significant person who could contribute to the search for an overcoat. Akaki Akakievich did just that.
A significant person has only recently taken up his duties and has tried his best to appear more significant. With a stern face, he scolded a friend he had known before, but had not seen for a long time. Akaki Akakievich left with nothing. Not feeling his legs, he got home and fell down with a fever. After a few days spent in unconsciousness and delirium, he died. The department learned about this only on the fourth day after the funeral. Soon a ghost began to appear near the Kalinkin bridge, very similar in description to Akaki Akakievich. The dead man tore off his greatcoats from passers-by, without disassembling rank and rank. The police did not manage to catch him in any way.
At the same time, that most significant person, having learned about the death of a friend, was very sorry for what had happened. In order to somehow have fun and drive away the dull thoughts, he went to the party, and from there to a certain Karolina Ivanovna. On the way, he felt that someone grabbed him by the collar. In the striker, he recognized Akaki Akakievich. He triumphantly pulled off his greatcoat. The frightened general returned home and never treated his subordinates rudely again. Since then, the attacks of the dead man on passers-by have stopped. Although the cameraman claimed to have seen another ghost, he was much taller and wore a huge mustache.
This article will talk about the creation of the story and about one of the great writers, prose writers and critics of the 19th century.
"Overcoat" summary and brief retelling.
About the story "Overcoat"
The story "The Overcoat" was written in 1841 and published in 1842. This is a story about a simple clerical advisor and just a "little man".
In literature, this work is considered "a manifesto of social equality and inalienable rights of the individual in any state and rank." It is filled with deep meaning, and the main character evokes sincere sympathy. The plot develops in St. Petersburg.
The story is not divided into chapters and takes about an hour to read.
This is a story about a "little man" who needs understanding from others. A story about the inhumanity, indifference and cruelty of people. Partly a story about every person in society of that time, and about every person in our time.
The history of the creation of the story "Overcoat"
This story is an anecdote that Nikolai Vasilyevich once heard about an official who lost his gun, for which he had been saving up for a long time.
This story is the last in the series "Petersburg Stories".
In 1842 "The Overcoat" was finished, and the hero's surname was changed to Bashmachkin.
The genre of the work is a ghost story, a drama.
Who wrote "The Overcoat"
This story was written by Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol (1809-1852) - the great Russian classic, playwright, critic and publicist, author of the poem Dead Souls and the collection Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka, which were included in the school curriculum.
His childhood N.V. Gogol spent in Sorochintsy (Poltava province). Born into a poor family of noblemen Vasily Afanasyevich and Maria Ivanovna Gogol-Yanovsky.
There were 12 children in total, but many died at an early age, and Nikolai Vasilyevich was the first surviving child and the third in a row.
As can be seen from his first works, the years of his childhood and the area where he lived left their mark on his first works. "", "The Night Before Christmas", "May Night", "The Evening on the Eve of Ivan Kupala" and other works included in the collections, carry the character and multiple landscapes of Ukraine at that time. You can also note the Gogol language and its manner of writing.
After moving to St. Petersburg, Gogol becomes an official, but over time he realizes that such work is not for him and is given to creativity. New acquaintances are made in literary circles, which helps Gogol to develop.
In St. Petersburg, in 1842, the story "The Overcoat", which was included in the third volume of the collected works, was born.
Akaki Akakievich Bashmachkin - the protagonist of the story
The main character of the story is Akaki Akakievich Bashmachkin - a minor official and titular adviser who, from the first lines of the description, evokes sympathy, sadness, and sometimes even a little disgust.
Description: modest, having no goals in life, except for one - to save up for a new overcoat.
It cannot be said that he was dissatisfied with his work, on the contrary, he found pleasure in rewriting papers and found this occupation pleasant, special, plunging into his own special secluded world. Even when he came home, Bashmachkin sat down to rewrite papers.
Earns meagerly, only 400 rubles a year. This is barely enough even for food. A small, bald man with a "hemorrhoidal complexion", defenseless and lonely. Suffering bullying and complete indifference from younger officials.
Other characters "Overcoat"
Briefly about other characters. In addition to Bashmachkin, there are two more characters in the story - Grigory, or Petrovich for short, and a "significant person" or "general".
In the past, Petrovich was a serf, and now a tailor who abuses alcohol.
It is to him that Akaki Akakievich will come for help. His wife beats him for drunkenness, but only in this state is he compliant.
"Significant person" or "general". A minor person, but playing an important role in this story. With a heroic appearance, aged, solid and strict.
A short retelling of the story by N.V. Gogol "The Overcoat"
Often, in schools, students are required to keep a reader's diary, where it is recommended that they mainly write down a summary of the work or the characteristics of the heroes. A short retelling of the work will be given below.
Sitting at the rewriting of papers, the younger officials constantly interfered and threw pieces of paper on his desk and scoffed in every possible way. But one day one of the young officials, who once again decided to laugh at Bashmachkin, stopped when he heard his words "Leave me, why are you offending me?", Which reached his heart.
A man lives in his position, and even coming home, after a meager dinner, he sat down to write and rewrite documents. The St. Petersburg evening is described, reflecting all the grayness and slush and what Akaki Akakievich sees. This sketch shows the very life of Bashmachkin - the same gray and dull without entertainment and goals.
He earns only four hundred rubles a year, which is barely enough for him. It's cold outside, and the hero tries to run as quickly as possible to work in a leaky "skinny overcoat". He turns to Grigory, and in an abbreviated form to Petrovich for help. As it was already written, Petrovich was a peasant serf in the past, and now a tailor. The description of Gregory's house is somewhat disgusting.
Arriving at his house and going upstairs, Akaki Akakievich in the course of the conversation realizes that Petrovich is sober, and it will not work out with him.
Grigory did not give in to Bashmachkin's persuasions to repair his old overcoat and undertook to sew a new one, not understanding how much this overcoat meant for Bashmachkin. After all, it is expensive not only as a memory, but also for a price.
As a result, an attempt to reduce the price or persuade to fix the old overcoat was unsuccessful.
Obsessed with thoughts of the greatcoat, he goes to Petrovich to talk about her. And now the greatcoat is sewn. Akaki Akakievich goes to the department in a new overcoat. Bashmachkin hears a lot of praise in his direction, because the overcoat does not go unnoticed by colleagues.
They demanded to set an evening on such an occasion and arrange a celebration, but Bashmachkin is rescued by another official, who had a name day, and he invited everyone to dinner.
After work, Bashmachkin returns home. After having lunch, his way lies down to the official of the birthday. But Akaky Akakievich does not stay there for a long time - seeing that the hour is late, he returns home.
Bashmachkin did not wear his greatcoat for long. Walking home that evening along a dark street, he bumps into two people with mustaches, who safely take away his greatcoat from Bashmachkin.
Frustrated, he goes to work the next day. Not finding help from the bailiff, at the insistence of his colleagues, he turns to a "significant person" or "general". But even there he does not find help.
A few days later, Akaki Akakievich dies in a fit of fever. The ghost of Bashmachkin lived near the Kalinkin bridge, where the greatcoat was removed from him, and tore off everyone's greatcoats passing by.
The "significant person" learns about the death of Bashmachkin and is sincerely surprised at this. And one day, passing over this bridge late in the evening, the general felt that someone grabbed the collar.
Turning around, he recognizes Akaki Akakievich. He, in turn, took off the general's overcoat, and since then nobody has seen Bashmachkin's spirit.
Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol
"Overcoat"
The story that happened to Akaki Akakievich Bashmachkin begins with a story about his birth and his bizarre naming and moves on to the story of his service as a titular adviser.
Many young officials, laughing, mend paperwork, showered him with papers, pushed him by the arm - and only when he is completely unbearable, he says: "Leave me, why are you offending me?" - a voice that bows to pity. Akaki Akakievich, whose service consists in rewriting papers, performs it with love and, even coming out of the presence and hastily sipping on his own, takes out a jar of ink and rewrites the papers brought home, and if there are none, then he deliberately removes a copy for himself. some document with an intricate address. Entertainment, delight of friendship for him does not exist, "having written his fill, he went to bed," with a smile anticipating tomorrow's rewriting.
However, such a regularity of life is violated by an unforeseen incident. One morning, after repeated suggestions made by the Petersburg frost, Akaki Akakievich, having examined his overcoat (so lost its appearance that the department has long called it a hood), notices that it is completely visible on the shoulders and back. He decides to take her to the tailor Petrovich, whose habits and biography are briefly, but not without detail, set out. Petrovich examines the hood and declares that nothing can be fixed, but that he will have to make a new overcoat. Shocked by the price named by Petrovich, Akaki Akakievich decides that he chose the wrong time, and comes when, according to calculations, Petrovich is hung over, and therefore more accommodating. But Petrovich stands his ground. Seeing that one cannot do without a new overcoat, Akaky Akakievich looks for how to get those eighty rubles for which, in his opinion, Petrovich will get down to business. He decides to reduce the "ordinary costs": not to drink tea in the evenings, not to light candles, to step on tiptoe, so as not to wear out the soles prematurely, less often to give the laundry to the washerman, and in order not to curl up, stay at home in one dressing gown.
His life changes completely: the dream of an overcoat accompanies him, like a pleasant friend of life. Every month he visits Petrovich to talk about the greatcoat. The expected rewarding for the holiday, against the expectation, turns out to be twenty rubles more, and one day Akaki Akakievich and Petrovich went to the shops. And the cloth, and the calico on the lining, and the cat on the collar, and Petrovich's work - everything turns out to be beyond praise, and, in view of the frost that has begun, Akaky Akakievich once leaves for the department in a new overcoat. This event does not go unnoticed, everyone praises the overcoat and demands that Akaky Akakievich set an evening on this occasion, and only the intervention of a certain official (as if on purpose the birthday man), who invited everyone for tea, saves the embarrassed Akaky Akakievich.
After a day that was like a great solemn holiday for him, Akaky Akakievich returns home, dines merrily and, having a little time without work, goes to an official in the far part of the city. Again everyone praises his greatcoat, but soon they turn to whist, dinner, champagne. Forced to the same, Akaki Akakievich feels unusual fun, but, mindful of the late hour, he slowly leaves home. At first excited, he even rushes after some lady ("whose every part of the body was filled with extraordinary movement"), but the deserted streets that soon stretched out inspire him with involuntary fear. In the middle of a huge deserted square, some people with mustaches stop him and take off his greatcoat.
The misadventures of Akaki Akakievich begin. He does not find help from a private bailiff. In the presence, where he comes a day later in his old hood, they pity him and even think to make a club, but having collected a sheer trifle, they give advice to go to a significant person, which can contribute to a more successful search for an overcoat. The following describes the techniques and customs of a significant person who has become significant only recently, and therefore preoccupied, as it were, to make himself more significant: "Severity, severity and - severity" - he used to say. Wanting to impress his friend, whom he had not seen for many years, he cruelly scolds Akaki Akakievich, who, in his opinion, turned to him out of form. Not feeling his legs, he gets to the house and falls down with a strong fever. Several days of unconsciousness and delirium - and Akaki Akakievich dies, which is only on the fourth day after the funeral in the department. Soon it becomes known that at night near the Kalinkin bridge a corpse appears, ripping off an overcoat from everyone, without disassembling rank and rank. Someone recognizes him as Akaki Akakievich. Efforts made by the police to capture the dead person are wasted.
At that time, one significant person, who is not alien to compassion, upon learning that Bashmachkin died suddenly, remains terribly shocked by this and, in order to have some fun, goes to a friend's party, from where he is not going home, but to a familiar lady Karolina Ivanovna, and, in the midst of terrible weather, he suddenly feels that someone has grabbed him by the collar. In horror, he recognizes Akaki Akakievich, who triumphantly pulls off his greatcoat. Pale and frightened, a significant person returns home and no longer scolds his subordinates with severity. The appearance of a dead official has since completely ceased, and the ghost that met a little later in the Kolomna booth was already much taller and wore an enormous mustache.
The past story of Akaki Akakievich Bashmachkin begins with his birth, and then turns into a retelling of his service zeal as a titular adviser.
In the service of a conscientious and harmless official, young colleagues are bored with jokes and practical jokes, to which Akaki Akakievich only begs him not to disturb him. The quiet man does his job diligently and often takes her home. After a quick bite, he starts rewriting papers, and if there is no such work, then rewrites for himself. To this extent, he was diligent and loved his job. He did not recognize any entertainment and, having worked out, gave himself up to sleep.
But the case broke his usual way of life. One frosty morning, Akaki Akakievich, having examined his overcoat, which no longer warms at all and which in the department was called a hood because of wear and tear, he comes to the decision to fix it at a tailor. Petrovich issues a verdict: the overcoat cannot be repaired. Akaki Akakievich, having learned about the cost of a new overcoat, tries to talk to the tailor at a better time in order to reduce the price, but he is adamant. Resigned to the fact that a new overcoat is needed, Akaki Akakievich begins an economical life, reducing all expenses to a minimum, in the hope of saving eighty rubles.
Now the official has a goal in life: to save up for a new overcoat. He often visits Petrovich just to talk about the greatcoat. Receives a holiday reward and, together with Petrovich, go to buy the necessary materials for sewing new clothes. Akaki Akakievich in a new overcoat goes to work, where everyone notices the new thing and praises, offering to celebrate the event.
After work, having lunch in a good mood, he goes to an official on the outskirts of the city. The praise of the overcoat is repeated, then a game of cards, fun. At a late hour Akaki Akakievich goes home. On the way, he even ran after some lady, but fell behind on a deserted street. Some people stop him and take off his new overcoat.
The bailiff was unable to help. At the service, where he appeared in an old hood, everyone sympathizes, offers to throw off on another overcoat. But there is not enough money. On their advice, Akaki Akakievich visits one important official. Wanting to create special importance with an old friend whom he has not seen for a long time, he sternly scolds Bashmachkin because of inappropriate treatment. He barely reaches home in fear, and dies a few days later from fever. The department learned about his death only a few days after the funeral. And at night, near the Kalinkin bridge, they see a dead man ripping off his greatcoats from passers-by. Some recognize him as Akaki Akakievich, and the police cannot catch him.
And that important official, having received a shock from the news of the death of Bashmachkin, goes to have fun with his acquaintance lady Karolina Ivanovna. Suddenly someone grabs him by the collar of his greatcoat and pulls him off. He sees Akaki Akakievich. After this incident, an important official no longer scolds anyone. And the dead official has since ceased to appear. True, the Kolomna security worker after this incident still saw someone, but huge and with a large mustache.