Part 4

Chapter 1

           

           Aweekhadelapsedsincetherendezvousofourtwofriendsonthegreenbenchinthepark,when,onefinemorningatabouthalf-pastteno’clock,VarvaraArdalionovna,otherwiseMrs.Ptitsin,whohadbeenouttovisitafriend,returnedhomeinastateofconsiderablementaldepression.

           Therearecertainpeopleofwhomitisdifficulttosayanythingwhichwillatoncethrowthemintoreliefinotherwords,describethemgraphicallyintheirtypicalcharacteristics.Thesearetheywhoaregenerallyknownas“commonplacepeople,”andthisclasscomprises,ofcourse,theimmensemajorityofmankind.Authors,asarule,attempttoselectandportraytypesrarelymetwithintheirentirety,butthesetypesareneverthelessmorerealthanreallifeitself.

           “Podkoleosin”[AcharacterinGogol’scomedy,TheWedding.]wasperhapsanexaggeration,buthewasbynomeansanon-existentcharacter;onthecontrary,howmanyintelligentpeople,afterhearingofthisPodkoleosinfromGogol,immediatelybegantofindthatscoresoftheirfriendswereexactlylikehim!Theyknew,perhaps,beforeGogoltoldthem,thattheirfriendswerelikePodkoleosin,buttheydidnotknowwhatnametogivethem.Inreallife,youngfellowsseldomjumpoutofthewindowjustbeforetheirweddings,becausesuchafeat,nottospeakofitsotheraspects,mustbeadecidedlyunpleasantmodeofescape;andyetthereareplentyofbridegrooms,intelligentfellowstoo,whowouldbereadytoconfessthemselvesPodkoleosinsinthedepthsoftheirconsciousness,justbeforemarriage.

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