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Quotation from The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol

““Leave me alone! Why do you insult me?””

Nikolai Gogol (spoken by Akaky Akakievich)

The Overcoat, The Cloak, trans. Unattributed translation, Everyman's Library (1918)

Portrait of Nikolai Gogol

Akaky's only protest when his colleagues' teasing becomes unbearable.

Citation: "“Leave me alone! Why do you insult me?”" — Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat, The Cloak, trans. Unattributed translation, Everyman's Library (1918). (id gogol-the-overcoat-q1)

Portrait: Portrait of Nikolai Gogol, Otto Friedrich Theodor von Möller, Public domain.

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