Old World Landowners

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Old World Landowners is a satirical short story by Nikolai Gogol that portrays the complacent, decaying life of an elderly landowning couple in the Russian countryside.

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instanceOf literary work
short story
author Nikolai Gogol NERFINISHED
contains descriptions of domestic life
descriptions of food and hospitality
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire
criticizes the passivity of the landed gentry
depicts idyllic yet stagnant existence
focusesOn the decline of a traditional estate
genre satire
short fiction
hasTitleInRussian Старосветские помещики
literaryForm satirical sketch
literaryMovement Russian realism NERFINISHED
literaryPeriod 19th-century Russian literature
mainCharacter Afanasy Ivanovich NERFINISHED
Pulkheria Ivanovna NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective first-person narrator
originalLanguage Russian
portrays an elderly landowning couple
rural gentry lifestyle
setting Russian countryside
structure prose narrative
theme complacency
decay
nostalgia
provincial life
the passing of the old gentry
tone melancholic
satirical

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Mirgorod hasPart Old World Landowners