Author: Nikolai Gogol

Cited by

• Marina Lewycka (1)
  • IN: Various Pets Alive & Dead (2012) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: We live in new times -- the age of the hero is past -- now it the time of the non-virtuous man.
    FROM: Dead Souls, (1842), NULL, Russia
• Jin Ha (1)
  • IN: In the Pond (1998) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Alas, after all's been said, I still can't choose a virtuous man as my hero. I can explain why: the virtuous man has been turned into a sort of horse and there's no author who hasn't ridden him, urging him on with his whip or whatever comes to hand. Now I feel the time has come to make use of a rogue. So let's harness him for a change!
    FROM: Dead Souls, (1842), Novel, Russia
• Philip Kerr (1)
  • IN: Dead Meat (1993) Fiction, Mystery, British
    EPIGRAPH: Hm, so you want some bread?' Ivan Ivanovich will ask. What's wrong with that, sir? I could eat a horse!' Hm. I suppose you want some meat as well?' I'll be pleased with anything you're kind enough to give me.' Hm, so meat's better than bread, is it?' You just can't be fussy when you're hungry. Anything's welcome.'
    FROM: How Ivan Ivanovich Quarrelled with Ivan Nikiforovich', (1835), Novel, Russia
• Jhumpa Lahiri (1)
  • IN: The Namesake (2003) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: The reader should realize himself that it could not have happened otherwise, and that to give him any other name was quite out of the question.
    FROM: The Overcoat, (1842), Short Story, Russia
• Joseph Bruchac (1)
  • IN: Wolf Mark (2011) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Everything resembles the truth, everything can happen to a man.
    FROM: Dead Souls, (1842), Novel, Russia