Title of the work: Nose

Year of writing: 1832-1833

Genre: story

Main characters: Kovalev - major and collegiate assessor, police chief, barber

Gogol’s satirical skill can be traced in his cycle of St. Petersburg stories, and a brief summary of the story “The Nose” for a reader’s diary will help you get acquainted with one of the most famous representatives of this series.

Plot

Major Kovalev wakes up in the morning and sees that he has no nose - in place of the organ of smell there is emptiness. The hero is scared and shocked. How to go out now? After all, he always looked spick and span, was popular with the ladies and made a good impression in society. The major covers himself with a scarf and goes to the police chief. Along the way, he sees his own nose, which is flaunting around the city in a smart suit. Kovalev rushes after him, but in the pursuit he loses him. The major thinks that such a nasty thing was done to him by a lady whose daughter he refused to marry. The major returns home and lies distraught for several days. In the end, after various adventures and oddities, the nose returns to its owner.

Conclusion (my opinion)

Gogol ridiculed the society of his time - Kovalev enjoyed great success in the world, and when he lost his nose, he could not appear before friends, colleagues, or ladies, even the police chief and newspaper men treated him with disdain, no one wanted to help him. Another important conclusion: appreciate what you have and don’t imagine yourself better than others.

As the narrator himself testifies, this incident happened on March 25 in the city of St. Petersburg. Ivan Yakovlevich, the barber, eating fresh bread in the morning that his wife Praskovya Osipovna had baked, found his nose in it. In his discovery, he immediately recognized the nose of the collegiate assessor Kovalev and was very discouraged by this event. Deciding to get rid of the nose he found, the barber throws it from Isaac's Bridge, but is immediately detained by a quarterly warden with sideburns.

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Meanwhile, the collegiate assessor, the same Kovalev, waking up in the morning, decides to squeeze out a pimple on his nose and discovers it’s missing. Major Kovalev (as he preferred to call himself) was very upset, because he simply needed a decent appearance, since the purpose of his visit to the capital was to get a job in some prominent department. In addition, Kovalev’s immediate plans included marriage, and he had already made acquaintances in several decent houses (state councilor Chekhtyreva, staff officer Pelageya Grigorievna Podtochina). The distressed Kovalev goes to the chief police chief and on the way meets his own nose, dressed in a chic uniform and a hat with a plume. Nose gets into the carriage and goes to the Kazan Cathedral, where he prays with a very pious look.

Major Kovalev chases his own nose and tries to talk to him, but he turns out to be a very unyielding interlocutor, and as soon as Kovalev is distracted by the lady in the hat, the nose disappears from sight. The chief police chief was not at home, and Kovalev went on a newspaper expedition to advertise the loss. The newspaper official sympathizes, but refuses him, fearing that the publication may lose its reputation. Next, Kovalev goes to the private bailiff, who turns out to be out of sorts and irritably remarks that decent people’s noses are not torn off. Arriving home, Kovalev thinks about the reason for what happened and comes to the conclusion that it was all the work of headquarters officer Podtochina, whose daughter he was in no hurry to marry. Therefore, apparently, she hired some kind of grandmother-witch to take revenge. Suddenly a police official appears and brings a nose wrapped in paper, which was intercepted on the way to Riga with false documents. Kovalev is endlessly happy.

However, his joy was short-lived. The nose did not stick to the same place. The doctor called was also unable to help, he only advised putting the nose in a jar of alcohol and selling it for good money. Kovalev writes a message to headquarters officer Podtochina, in which he threatens her and demands that his nose be returned to its place. Podtochina’s answer was not long in coming, and was so full of misunderstanding that Kovalev was finally convinced that the headquarters officer was not involved in the incident.

Meanwhile, rumors have already spread throughout the capital. The nose of the collegiate assessor is seen in a variety of crowded places, people gather to gawk at this wonderful phenomenon.

But on April 7, the nose again found itself in its usual place. Happy Kovalev manages to organize all his affairs and resolve all issues in one day.

At the end of the story, the writer states that there is a lot of implausibility in this story, but such incidents sometimes really happen.

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Updated: 2012-03-03

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The described incident, according to the narrator, happened in St. Petersburg on March 25th. The barber Ivan Yakovlevich, biting off fresh bread baked by his wife Praskovya Osipovna in the morning, finds his nose in it. Puzzled by this impossible incident, having recognized the nose of the collegiate assessor Kovalev, he searches in vain for a way to get rid of his find. Finally, he throws him off the St. Isaac's Bridge and, against all expectations, is detained by a quarterly guard with large sideburns. The collegiate assessor Kovalev (who preferred to be called a major), waking up that same morning with the intention of examining the pimple that had popped up on his nose earlier, did not even discover the nose itself.

Major Kovalev, who needs a decent appearance, because the purpose of his visit to the capital is to find a place in some prominent department and, possibly, to get married (on occasion of which he knows ladies in many houses: Chekhtyreva, state councilor, Pelageya Grigorievna Podtochina, headquarters officer), - goes to the chief police chief, but on the way he meets his own nose (clad, however, in a gold-embroidered uniform and a hat with a plume, revealing him to be a state councilor). Nose gets into the carriage and goes to the Kazan Cathedral, where he prays with an air of the greatest piety.

Major Kovalev, timid at first, and then directly calling his nose by its proper name, does not succeed in his intentions and, distracted by a lady in a hat as light as a cake, loses his unyielding interlocutor. Not finding the Chief of Police at home, Kovalev goes on a newspaper expedition, wanting to advertise the loss, but the gray-haired official refuses him (“The newspaper may lose its reputation”) and, full of compassion, offers to sniff tobacco, which completely upsets Major Kovalev. He goes to the private bailiff, but finds him in the mood to sleep after lunch and listens to irritated remarks about “all sorts of majors” who hang around God knows where, and about the fact that a decent person’s nose will not be torn off. Arriving home, the saddened Kovalev ponders the reasons for the strange disappearance and decides that the culprit is the staff officer Podtochina, whose daughter he was in no hurry to marry, and she, probably out of revenge, hired some old ladies-in-law. The sudden appearance of a police official, who brought his nose wrapped in paper and announced that he had been intercepted on the way to Riga with a false passport, plunges Kovalev into joyful unconsciousness.

However, his joy is premature: his nose does not stick to its previous place. The summoned doctor does not undertake to put his nose on it, assuring that it will be even worse, and encourages Kovalev to place his nose in a jar of alcohol and sell it for decent money. Unhappy Kovalev writes to headquarters officer Podtochina, reproaching, threatening and demanding that the nose be immediately returned to its place. The headquarters officer's answer exposes her complete innocence, for it reveals a degree of misunderstanding that cannot be imagined on purpose.

Meanwhile, rumors spread throughout the capital and acquire many details: they say that at exactly three o’clock the nose of the collegiate assessor Kovalev is walking along Nevsky, then that he is in Juncker’s store, then in the Tauride Garden; Many people flock to all these places, and enterprising speculators build benches for ease of observation. One way or another, but April

On the 7th, the nose was back in its place. The barber Ivan Yakovlevich appears to the happy Kovalev and shaves him with the greatest care and embarrassment. One day, Major Kovalev manages to go everywhere: to the confectionery shop, to the department where he was looking for a position, and to his friend, also a collegiate assessor or major, and on the way he meets the staff officer Podtochina and her daughter, in a conversation with whom he thoroughly sniffs tobacco.

Gogol's "Petersburg Tales" have enjoyed constant popularity among the reading public since its publication. But for those who do not want to plunge into the atmosphere of Gogol’s Petersburg or simply do not have time for this, we suggest reading a summary. Gogol, "The Nose". Let's try to convey the special mood of this work.

Chapter 1. The hairdresser and the major's nose

The story begins with the hairdresser Ivan Yakovlevich waking up at home and getting ready to have breakfast. Thinking about whether he should drink coffee or maybe eat some bread and onions. Ivan Yakovlevich is forced to choose, since his wife’s nature is such that she does not allow her husband to eat a sandwich with onions and wash it down with hot coffee. The hero stops at the bread and onions, cuts them, and then discovers the nose of the collegiate assessor Kovalev (he preferred to be called major). This is the summary from the very beginning. Gogol wrote “The Nose” in such a way that it intrigues the reader from the first lines.

Ivan Yakovlevich feels sick. In addition, the wife, seeing the nose, begins to shout at him and demand that he throw this abomination out of the house.

Despite the fact that the character in the first chapter was a barber, he looks unkempt: there are not enough buttons on his clothes, and the man himself was always unshaven and hungover. And it was in this usual form that he trudged away from the house to fulfill his wife’s orders.

But luck did not favor the hero, for he walked a lot, but never found a suitable place to get rid of his nose. He was constantly distracted by familiar people. And so he finds himself at the St. Isaac's Bridge and, having thrown his ill-fated find from it, expects to go about his business. But he is detained by the quarterly supervisor. The summary stops here. Gogol created “The Nose” in such a way that the main action of this story is transferred to the second chapter.

Chapter 2. The major's search for his nose

On the morning of the same day, when the barber discovered his nose in his bread, Major Kovalev did not find it. He wanted to look at the pimple that had popped up earlier, but neither the pimple nor the nose was there, and instead there was only a flat surface. Despite the creepiness of everything that happens (which is what the summary tells), Gogol’s “The Nose” generously flavors it with the author’s unique humor.

Of course, Kovalev, like any person, was terribly scared and immediately ran to the chief police chief, and already leaving him (the major did not find the peace officer), he sees how his own nose gets into the carriage and goes to the Kazan Cathedral for the service. The main thing is that the hero’s nose is dressed in the outfit of a state councilor, i.e. he is higher in rank than the owner. Kovalev followed part of his body into the cathedral, where he tried to timidly speak to him, but his nose stopped all communication, saying that they were absolutely not acquainted with him. The discouraged hero leaves the church. Gogol wrote “The Nose” (the summary, we hope this makes you feel it) in such a way that the plot maintains intrigue until the last chapter.

Wandering around the city in search of a solution, Kovalev wanders into a newspaper, where he begs to publish an advertisement about his missing nose, but he is refused under various plausible pretexts, citing the rules of decency, they say, it is inappropriate to publish any nonsense in decent printed publications.

Kovalev returns home in despair. He thinks about who and, most importantly, how they could steal his nose. A version emerges: staff officer Podtochina took revenge and brought the healers on him in revenge for the fact that he did not want to marry her daughter.

The hero's sad thoughts are interrupted by the appearance of a police major in the house of a police major. He informs the owner: his nose with a fake passport was intercepted. Apparently, he intended to leave for Riga. Kovalev was beside himself with happiness and even gave money to the campaigner. And it seemed that Gogol’s “The Nose” (the summary would also have ended) could end here, but this is not the end of the story.

As it turns out later, it is too early to rejoice: the nose does not want to return to its original place. Kovalev even calls the doctor, but Tom can’t help, he just asks to sell his nose for experiments. True, the doctor says that he will buy this amazing anatomical specimen only for a reasonable price. Kovalev says in a rage: “I won’t sell it for anything.” The hero again returns to the version of damage and even writes a letter to the lady indicated above (Podtochina). True, nothing comes of this, since she answers in such a spirit that there can be no doubt, Kovalev’s fears are in vain. This is not witchcraft. N.V. Gogol wrote “The Nose” (the summary proves this) in such a way as to make it clear: the main character is experiencing serious suffering.

Gossip

Meanwhile, rumors are spreading throughout St. Petersburg that in one place or another a nose is seen walking on its own. Some daring people even make money from this, but the crowd that gathers here and there does not have the honor of seeing any nose independently walking through the streets of the city.

Chapter 3. The nose returns home

One way or another, two weeks after the start of the story, the nose returns to its original place. And it must be said that the absence of a very important part of the face only benefited the major. He is friendly and nice to everyone. In other words, “quiet and quiet - God’s grace.”

Gogol's story "The Nose" (the summary does not contain this part) ends with an afterword by the author, which, although funny, is no longer directly related to the matter.

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This happened, according to the narrator, in St. Petersburg, on March 25. Ivan Yakovlevich, a barber, while eating, discovered a nose in the bread that his wife had baked. Extremely puzzled by the strange find, he recognizes, however, Kovalev’s nose and, in fright, tries to figure out how to get rid of it. Having found nothing better than throwing him off the St. Isaac's Bridge, he already felt that the danger had passed, but he was being detained by the quarterly warden.

Kovalev, a collegiate assessor, wakes up in the morning of the same day and discovers his nose is missing. Major Kovalev always strived to have the appearance that suited him, since his goal in the capital was to find an enviable place in the State Department and a wife. Heading to the chief police chief, he notices his own nose, dressed in a uniform lined with gold, and a hat with feathers. Having got into the cart, he arrives at the Kazan Cathedral and prays with incredible piety.

The assessor, at first a little timid, then speaks directly to the nose about its rightful place, achieves nothing and, focusing his attention for a moment on the girl in the hat, loses sight of his interlocutor. Kovalev does not find the Chief of Police at home and decides to go to the newspaper office in order to publish an announcement about the loss, but is refused by an elderly man who, trying to help, advises him to sniff tobacco, which completely upsets Kovalev. Having come to a private bailiff, but in response to all requests for help, he only hears dissatisfied sleepy remarks from the bailiff.

Once at home, the depressed Kovalev reflects on the reasons for this event and comes to the conclusion that the headquarters officer is to blame for this (he was in no hurry to ask her daughter to marry, and she probably took revenge with the help of witchcraft). At the moment of such reflections, a policeman appears, bringing his nose with him and explaining that he was intercepted due to the use of false documents, which causes a joyful shock in the major.

But, despite his happy mood, his nose could not be returned to his face. The doctor refuses to reattach it, explaining that it will turn out much worse, urging him to sell the nose preserved in alcohol for a lot of money. Having refused, Kovalev even writes a letter to officer Podtochina, reproaching her and demanding that her nose be returned to its rightful place. However, her answer completely proves her ignorance and innocence in what happened.

After a while, gossip begins to circulate around St. Petersburg: at 3 o'clock the collegiate assessor's nose was walking along Nevsky, later that he was seen in a store, and after another time - in the garden. All these places are beginning to attract huge masses of people.

Be that as it may, on April 7, Kovalev sees a nose on his face, which makes him truly happy. A barber already familiar to us arrives and, embarrassed, begins to carefully shave him. During these 24 hours, the major was able to visit everywhere: in a candy store, in the department, with his friend the major, having met a staff officer with her daughter, and managed to sniff tobacco. Suddenly, the description of the affairs of Kovalkov, raised on the wings of joy, ends, and the narrator admits that the narrated plot contains There is a lot of fiction, but what is especially surprising is the fact that there are authors who publish such stories. It also says that such incidents occasionally happen.