Gogol

[ goh-guh l; -gawl; Russian gaw-guh l ]

/ ˈgoʊ gəl; -gɔl; Russian ˈgɔ gəl /

noun

Ni·ko·lai Va·si·lie·vich

[nik-uh-lahy vuh-seel-yuh-vich; Russian nyi-kuh-lahy vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /ˈnɪk əˌlaɪ vəˈsil yə vɪtʃ; Russian nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/,1809–52, Russian novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.

Example sentences from the Web for gogol

He translated Beowulf into English, and I think he would have done well by Gogol.

Sebastian Barry, Ireland’s Greatest Living Writer, Speaks for the Voiceless |Allen Barra |May 23, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He said, “Mel, you should read Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Turgenev, Gogol.”

Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview |Alex Belth |February 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Readers familiar with Chekhov, Gogol, Pushkin or Turgenev have already tasted some 19th-century Russian gothic literature.

This Week’s Hot Reads: April 22, 2013 |Mythili Rao |April 22, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Think Gogol's "Ukrainian Tales" redone by a Boy Scout who doesn't believe in magic.

The Forgotten Russian: The Genius of Nikolai Leskov |Benjamin Lytal |April 10, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Hutz plays A.K., the frontman of a band called, yes, Gogol Bordello, who earns money on the side as a male dominator.

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For Gogol is indeed also a painter, but only a landscape-painter, while Turgenef makes you feel even the breeze of a summer eve.

Lectures on Russian Literature |Ivan Panin
One can understand their disgust; it is less easy to understand their surprise; for Gogol had never pretended to be a Liberal.

An Outline of Russian Literature |Maurice Baring
Gogol's health and spirits were profoundly affected by this unexpected enmity.

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 |Various
We read of Turgenev who was arrested and exiled to his distant estates for writing a brief obituary notice of Gogol.

Comrade Kropotkin |Victor Robinson
With Gogol, as with all lofty souls before they find their truest self, aspiration ever soared above execution.

Lectures on Russian Literature |Ivan Panin

British Dictionary definitions for gogol

Gogol

/ (ˈɡəʊɡɒl, Russian ˈɡɔɡəlj) /

noun

Nikolai Vasilievich (nikaˈlaj vaˈsiljɪvitʃ). 1809–52, Russian novelist, dramatist, and short-story writer. His best-known works are The Government Inspector (1836), a comedy satirizing bureaucracy, and the novel Dead Souls (1842)

Derived forms of Gogol

Gogolian, adjective

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Derived forms of Gogol