Summary: "The nose" of Gogol N. V.

A lot of discussions and an evil criticism towards the author caused Gogol's story "The Nose". The summary tells of a fantastic story, which under no circumstances could really happen. Because of the unrealistic plot, not all magazines agreed to print this work, the writer had to make several changes to his story several times. Few of Gogol's contemporaries realized that "The Nose" has a double meaning. Describing the absurd situation, Nikolai Vasilyevich wanted to show the defects of the society of his time.

Disappearance of the nose

An amazing incident occurred on March 25, just then the barber Ivan Yakovlevich found in the bread baked by his wife, the nose of his client, collegiate assessor Kovalev. A man decides to get rid of such a find, but constantly drops it, as indicated by others. In the end, the barber throws his nose into the Neva. Meanwhile, Kovalev wakes up and comes to the mirror to look at the pimple jumping on his nose, but he does not even detect the nose itself.

The fact that the collegiate assessor desperately needs a decent appearance, narrates (in fact, it is said in the work itself) a brief summary. The nose destroys all his hopes, because Kovalev came to the capital in order to find a good job and get married. The disappearance of such a significant part of the body makes the assessor powerless and useless.

Meeting with the nose

The summary of the story "Nose" by Gogol tells us that somehow covering his face, Kovalev goes to the chief policeman, but on the way meets his lost part of the body. The nose, dressed in a plumed hat, a gold-embroidered uniform in the rank of a state councilor, sits in a carriage and goes to the Kazan Cathedral to pray. The major goes after him, at first Kovalev is even shy at the sight of such a noble official. On the request to go back, the nose pretends that he does not understand what the speech is about and the collegiate assessor does not succeed in his intentions.

Oval-Politzmeister Kovalev does not find the house, so he is going to advertise in the newspaper about the loss of a part of the body, but also fails there - this is exactly what the short story says after the work. The nose can not just disappear from a decent person, so the private bailiff only listens with irritation the major's complaint and does not help.

Upset Kovalev comes home and begins to ponder the cause of his misfortune. And then it occurs to him that, perhaps, it is all the fault of the staff officer Podtochina, who hired some witches, because the collegiate assessor was not in a hurry to take her daughter's wife. When a policeman brings a nose wrapped in a piece of paper, Kovalev finds no place for joy - this is what gives us a brief summary. The nose in the meantime does not even think to stick to the place.

A happy ending

Rumors spread that the nose of the collegiate assessor was walking along Nevsky Prospekt, walking in the Tauride Garden, going to Junker's store. But on April 7, everything fell into place - Kovalev woke up and found the loss in his rightful place.

The summary of Nose, although brief, but still contains the story that in just one day the major was able to visit many places: in the confectionery, in the department, even lucky enough to meet Podtochinu with her daughter. And the description in the story of the happy Kovalev is interrupted by an admission that this story was invented. Gogol even is surprised that some writers take such stories for the basis of their works.