Nikolai Gogol

I just finished reading "The Overcoat," a short story by the Russian novelist Nikolai Gogol. Quite bizarre. I'm still thinking about what Nikolai attempts to convey with this short story, if anything. The last story I read by Nikolai was "The Nose," which I read nearly a year ago. My duties have prevented me from reading too much fiction besides that which I am required to read.