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Nikolaj Vasiljevič Gogol

Geburtstag: 1. April 1809
Todesdatum: 4. März 1852
Andere Namen:Nikolái Vasílievich Gógol, Nikolaj Gogol', Nicolau Gogol, Nikolai Wassiljewitsch Gogol, Nikolaj Vasilievič Gogoľ

Nikolai Wassiljewitsch Gogol war ein russischer Schriftsteller ukrainischer Herkunft. Er ist einer der wichtigsten Vertreter der russischsprachigen Literatur in der Ukraine.

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„Wie garstig kamen mir die Deutschen vor, nachdem ich die Italiener kennen gelernt hatte, die Deutschen mit all ihrer kleinlichen Redlichkeit und ihrem Egoismus.“

— Nikolaj Vasiljevič Gogol
an Marija Petrovna Balabina, 1838

„Why do I constantly hear the echo of your mournful song as it is carried from the sea through your entire expanse?... And since you are without end yourself, is it not within you that a boundless thought will be born?“

— Nikolai Gogol
Context: Rus! Rus! I see you, from my lovely enchanted remoteness I see you: a country of dinginess, and bleakness and dispersal; no arrogant wonders of nature crowned by the arrogant wonders of art appear within you to delight or terrify the eyes... So what is the incomprehensible secret force driving me towards you? Why do I constantly hear the echo of your mournful song as it is carried from the sea through your entire expanse?... And since you are without end yourself, is it not within you that a boundless thought will be born? Vol. II, ch. 2

„Rus! Rus! I see you, from my lovely enchanted remoteness I see you“

„As it is so strangely ordained in this world, what is amusing will turn into being gloomy, if you stand too long before it, and then God knows what ideas may not stray into the mind“

— Nikolai Gogol
Context: As it is so strangely ordained in this world, what is amusing will turn into being gloomy, if you stand too long before it, and then God knows what ideas may not stray into the mind... Why is it that even in moments of unthinking, careless gaiety a different and strange mood comes upon one? Vol. I, ch. 3

„They insist that an author should write in the strictest, purest and noblest language: in short, they expect the Russian language to drop from the clouds, already refined, and that it should come naturally to the lips, so that all they have to do is to open their mouth and stick out their tongue. It goes without saying, of course, that the feminine half of the human species is very wise; but it must be confessed that our respected readers are even wiser.“

— Nikolai Gogol

„To tell the truth, I often felt uneasy when I thought of the excessive brittleness and fragility of the moon. The moon is generally repaired in Hamburg, and very imperfectly. It is done by a lame cooper, an obvious blockhead who has no idea how to do it. He took waxed thread and olive-oil—hence that pungent smell over all the earth which compels people to hold their noses. And this makes the moon so fragile that no men can live on it, but only noses. Therefore we cannot see our noses, because they are on the moon.“

— Nikolai Gogol

„I am very fond of the modest manner of life of those solitary owners of remote villages, who in Little Russia are commonly called "old-fashioned," who are like tumbledown picturesque little houses, delightful in their simplicity and complete unlikeness to the new smooth buildings whose walls have not yet been discolored by the rain, whose roofs are not yet covered with green lichen, and whose porch does not display its bricks through the peeling stucco.“

— Nikolai Gogol
"Old World Landowners" (1835)

„The gentleman lolling back in the chaise was neither dashingly handsome nor yet unbearably ugly, neither too stout nor yet too thin; it could not be claimed he was old but he was no stripling, either. His arrival in the town created no stir and was not marked by anything out of the ordinary.“

— Nikolai Gogol
Chapter I

„there is no word so perk and quick, which bursts from the heart with such spontaneity, which seethes and bubbles with such vitality, as the aptly spoken Russian word“

— Nikolai Gogol
Chapter V

„However, nothing turned out as Tchitchikoff had intended.“

— Nikolai Gogol

„Why are you being so stingy?", Sobakevich demanded. "It's cheap at the price. A rogue would cheat you, sell you some worthless rubbish instead of souls, but mine are as juicy as ripe nuts, all picked—they are all either craftsmen or sturdy peasants.“

— Nikolai Gogol

„All the world knows that France sneezes when England takes a pinch of snuff.“

— Nikolai Gogol

„In the course of reading he became more and more melancholy and finally became completely gloomy. When the reading was over he uttered in a voice full of sorrow: "Goodness, how sad is our Russia!"“

— Nikolai Gogol
On Alexander Pushkin in Four Letters Concerning Dead Souls (1843)

„[P]eople think that the human brain is in the head. Nothing of the sort; it is carried by the wind from the Caspian Sea.“

— Nikolai Gogol

„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.“

— Nikolai Gogol
Chapter VI

„Apparently that does sometimes happen. Apparently even men like Chichikov are transformed into poets for a few moments in their lives: though the word "poet" would be an exaggeration here.“

— Nikolai Gogol
Chapter VIII

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Zitate Nikolaj Vasiljevič Gogol

„Wie garstig kamen mir die Deutschen vor, nachdem ich die Italiener kennen gelernt hatte, die Deutschen mit all ihrer kleinlichen Redlichkeit und ihrem Egoismus.“

„Why do I constantly hear the echo of your mournful song as it is carried from the sea through your entire expanse?... And since you are without end yourself, is it not within you that a boundless thought will be born?“

„Rus! Rus! I see you, from my lovely enchanted remoteness I see you“

„As it is so strangely ordained in this world, what is amusing will turn into being gloomy, if you stand too long before it, and then God knows what ideas may not stray into the mind“

„The gentleman lolling back in the chaise was neither dashingly handsome nor yet unbearably ugly, neither too stout nor yet too thin; it could not be claimed he was old but he was no stripling, either. His arrival in the town created no stir and was not marked by anything out of the ordinary.“

„there is no word so perk and quick, which bursts from the heart with such spontaneity, which seethes and bubbles with such vitality, as the aptly spoken Russian word“

„However, nothing turned out as Tchitchikoff had intended.“

„Why are you being so stingy?", Sobakevich demanded. "It's cheap at the price. A rogue would cheat you, sell you some worthless rubbish instead of souls, but mine are as juicy as ripe nuts, all picked—they are all either craftsmen or sturdy peasants.“

„All the world knows that France sneezes when England takes a pinch of snuff.“

„In the course of reading he became more and more melancholy and finally became completely gloomy. When the reading was over he uttered in a voice full of sorrow: "Goodness, how sad is our Russia!"“

„[P]eople think that the human brain is in the head. Nothing of the sort; it is carried by the wind from the Caspian Sea.“

„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.“

„Apparently that does sometimes happen. Apparently even men like Chichikov are transformed into poets for a few moments in their lives: though the word "poet" would be an exaggeration here.“

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