Four works by great 19th-century Russian author – The Nose, a savage satire of Russias incompetent bureaucrats; Old-Fashioned Farmers, a pleasant depiction of an elderly couple living in rustic seclusion; The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarrelled with Ivan Nikiforovich, one of Gogols most famous comic stories; and The Overcoat, widely considered a masterpiece of form.