Gogol's story "The Overcoat": a summary. "Overcoat": content by chapter

This story was written by Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol in 1842. In this article, we will review its summary. The author begins his "overcoat" as follows.

The beginning of the story

The story that happened to Bashmachkin Akaky Akakievich opens with a story about how he was born and was fancifully named, and then goes on to describe his service as a titular adviser.

Laughing at the hero, many young colleagues bother Akaki Akakievich, push him by the arm, showered him with pieces of paper, and only when it becomes completely unbearable, he asks to leave him alone in a pitying voice.

Bashmachkin, whose service is to rewrite papers, fulfills his official duties with love and even, having come home from work and eaten hastily, takes out a jar of ink and again rewrites the sheets he brought with him, and if there are none, he makes a copy on purpose for himself. document with some convoluted address. Friendship, delight, entertainment for this person does not exist. He went to bed, having written to his heart, anticipating with a smile tomorrow's rewriting.

Unexpected case

The story continues, according to which we have compiled a summary. Gogol's "Overcoat" describes the following events in the life of the protagonist. This measured existence once breaks down an unexpected event. One morning, after numerous suggestions made by the frost in Petersburg, Akaki Akakievich, examining his greatcoat (which has already lost its appearance so much that it has long been called a hood in the department), notices that it is completely visible on the back and shoulders. Then Bashmachkin decides to refer her to Petrovich, a tailor, whose biography and habits are summarized by the author.

This man examines the greatcoat and declares that it is impossible to fix anything, he will have to sew a new one. Shocked by the price that was named by the tailor, Akaky Akakievich decides that he chose the wrong time for the visit, and next time he appears when, according to his calculations, this tailor should be drunk and, therefore, more accommodating. But Petrovich does not concede.

Cherished dream

Seeing that he cannot do without a new overcoat, Bashmachkin thinks about where to get 80 rubles, for which the tailor, in his opinion, will get down to business. Akaki Akakievich decides to cut his "ordinary costs": not to light candles, not to drink tea in the evenings, to walk on tiptoe so as not to wear out his soles prematurely, less often to give the laundry to the washerwoman, and in order to prevent it from wearing out, stay at home in one dressing gown.

Making a dream come true

The summary of the story "The Overcoat" (Gogol N. V.) continues. The life of the protagonist completely changes: she is accompanied by the dream of an overcoat, like a faithful friend. Every month Akaki Akakievich comes to Petrovich to talk about the future greatcoat. Rewarding for the holiday turns out to be large against the expectation of as much as twenty rubles, and now Bashmachkin and a tailor go to the shops in order to buy material. And the calico on the lining, and the cloth, and the cat on the collar, as well as Petrovich's work - all this turns out to be at its best, and since the severe frosts have already begun, Akaki Akakievich one fine day goes to the department in his new overcoat. This event does not go unnoticed, everyone is discussing and praising the overcoat, they ask Akaki Akakievich to set an evening on this occasion, and only the intervention of one official (the birthday man, as if on purpose), who called everyone for tea, saves the embarrassed Bashmachkin.

Loss of an overcoat

Let's continue with the summary. "The Overcoat" constitutes the following further dramatic events. After the end of the working day, which was like a solemn holiday for him, the official goes home, dines and, after sitting idle, goes to the other end of the city to see the official. Once again, everyone praises his greatcoat, but soon they turn to champagne, dinner, whist. Akaki Akakievich, forced to do the same, feels fun, but slowly leaves, remembering the late hour. Excited at first, he even goes after one lady (in whom, as Gogol writes, all parts of the body were filled with movements), but the deserted streets, which soon stretched out, inspire involuntary fear in the official.

Some people stop him in the middle of a huge deserted square and take off his greatcoat.

The misadventures of the hero

This is how the misadventures of our hero begin, which we will describe, compiling their summary. "The Overcoat" chapter by chapter continues as follows. Our hero does not find support and help from a private bailiff. In the presence, where he appears in his old hood the next day, everyone regrets Akaki Akakievich, and even thinks about making a club, but having collected only a mere trifle, they are advised to contact one significant person who can help in this matter.

The summary of the story "The Overcoat" continues. The following describes the customs and techniques of this man, who has only recently become significant, and therefore preoccupied with how to give himself more severity, wanting to impress his comrade, with whom he has not met for many years. But he harshly scolds Bashmachkin, who, in the opinion of this man, turned to him out of form. He gets home, not feeling his legs, and falls into bed with a strong fever.

Death of Akaki Akakievich

We continue to describe the summary. "The Overcoat" chapter by chapter reveals to us the following events. Several days of delirium and unconsciousness pass - and in the end the official dies. The department learned about this only on the fourth day after Akaki Akakievich was buried. It soon becomes known that the dead man appears at nights near the Kalinkin bridge and strips off the greatcoats from everyone, without examining the rank and rank. Someone will recognize him as the main character of the story. The efforts made by the police to capture this dead man are in vain.

Bashmachkin's revenge

The summary we have compiled continues. Gogol concludes his "Overcoat" with the following events. The aforementioned significant person, capable of compassion, upon learning that Bashmachkin died suddenly, remains terribly shocked by this and goes to a party to somehow have fun. After that, he does not go home, but to Karolina Ivanovna, a lady he knows, and suddenly feels in the midst of the terrible weather that someone is grabbing him by the collar.

The summary of the story "The Overcoat" ends here. An important person recognizes in horror Akaki Akakievich, who triumphantly pulls off his greatcoat. Frightened and pale, the official returns home and no longer scolds his subordinates with severity. Since then, the dead official no longer walks the streets of the city, and the ghost, which met a little later one Kolomna security worker, was already much taller and had a huge mustache.

We have covered the summary. "Overcoat" ends here. This is a small work, so it will not be difficult to read the text of Nikolai Vasilyevich, in which all these events are described in a much more interesting and detailed way. We tried to describe the summary as succinctly and succinctly as possible. "The Overcoat" (N. V. Gogol) is a work that you should definitely familiarize yourself with in the original.