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Diary of a Madman" (1835; Russian: Записки сумасшедшего, Zapiski sumasshedshevo) is a farcical short story by Nikolai Gogol. Along with "The Overcoat" and "The Nose", "Diary of a Madman" is considered to be one of Gogol's greatest short stories.
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Diary of a Madman, short story by Nikolay Gogol, published in 1835 as “Zapiski sumasshedshego.” “Diary of a Madman,” a first-person narrative presented in the form of a diary, is the tale of Poprishchin, a government clerk who gradually descends into insanity.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Memoirs; or, Diary of a Madman. Written in 1835. Translated by Claud Field. October 3rd. —A strange occurrence has taken place to-day. I got up fairly late, and when Mawra brought me my clean boots, I asked her how late it was. When I heard it had long struck ten, I dressed as quickly as possible.
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Nikolai Gogol’s 1835 short story “Diary of a Madman” utilizes a series of diary entries by its protagonist, Aksenty Ivanovich Poprishchin, to track his descent into “madness.”
