«The Overcoat» (Russian: ??????, translit. Shinel; sometimes translated as «The Cloak») is a short story by Russian author
Nikolai Gogol, published in 1843.
The story and its author have had great influence on Russian literature, as expressed in a quote attributed
to Fyodor Dostoevsky: «We all come out from Gogol’s ‘Overcoat’.»
The story has been adapted into a variety of stage and film interpretations.