Length56m
About this audiobook
Memoirs of a Madman or Diary of a Madman 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.
The tale centers on 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. Diary of a Madman, the only one of Gogol's works written in first person, follows diary-entry format.
Diary of a Madman centres on the life of Poprishchin, a low-ranking civil servant and titular counsellor who yearns to be noticed by a beautiful woman, the daughter of a senior official, with whom he has fallen in love. Sophie, the daughter of his boss, with whom he has fallen in love. As he said in his first sight of her, just after being a beast of a civil servant himself, "A footman opened the carriage door and out she fluttered, just like a little bird." Nothing comes of this love he feels for her; Sophie is effectively unaware of him. His diary records his gradual slide into insanity.
Audiobook details
GenreFantasy, General Fiction
Length56 mins
Narrated byJudy Kriz
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJun 17, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Memoirs of a Madman - Intro
2Memoirs of a Madman
3Memoirs of a Madman - Outro
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Die wichtigsten Werke von Nikolai Gogol (Kommentiert)Nikolai Gogol71h 49m$1 · $0.00
Nikolai Gogol: Der Mantel & Die Nase (Kommentiert)Nikolai Gogol3h 37m$2 · $0.00
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