The reason why Proshka wore such large boots can be explained at once: Plyushkin kept only one pair of boots for all of his servants, however numerou… - Nikolai Gogol

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The reason why Proshka wore such large boots can be explained at once: Plyushkin kept only one pair of boots for all of his servants, however numerous they were, and they always stood in the hall.

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About Nikolai Gogol

Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol (Russian: Никола́й Васи́льевич Го́голь) (1 April 1809 – 4 March 1852) was a Ukrainian-born Russian writer, whose best known work is perhaps Dead Souls, seen by many as the first "modern" Russian novel.

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Native Name: Микола Васильович Гоголь-Яновський гербу Яструбець
Alternative Names: Nikolay Vasil'yevich Gogol' Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Gogolʹ N. V. Hohalʹ Mykola Vasylʹovych Hoholʹ Gogolʹ N. V. Gogolʹ Nicholai V. Gogol Nikolay Vasil'yevich Gogol Nicolai Gogol Nikolay Vasilyevich Gogol Nikolaus Gogol Nikolay Gogol' N. Gogolis Nicolaus Gogol Nikolay Gogol Nikolaj Gogolj Nikolaj Gogolʹ Mikołaj Gogol En Gogolli Ko-kuo-li Nicolas Gogol Nikolai Vasil´evich Gogol´ N. V. Gogolj Guogeli Geguoli Kuo-ko-li Nikolai Vasil'evich Gogol Nicolai Vasilievitch Gogol Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol
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[Women's] boarding schools, as we know, hold the three principal subjects which constitute the basis of human virtue to be the French language (a thing indispensable to the happiness of married life), piano-playing (a thing wherewith to beguile a husband’s leisure moments), and that particular department of housewifery which is comprised in the knitting of purses and other “surprises.” Nevertheless changes and improvements have begun to take place, since things now are governed more by the personal inclinations and idiosyncracies of the keepers of such establishments. For instance, in some seminaries the regimen places piano-playing first, and the French language second, and then the above department of housewifery; while in other seminaries the knitting of “surprises” heads the list, and then the French language, and then the playing of pianos—so diverse are the systems in force!

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