A downtrodden copying clerk scrapes together the money for a new overcoat, only to have it stolen the same night, with ghostly consequences. The story Russian realism is said to have crawled out from under.
Books that mention The Overcoat (2)
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri: “His favorite story in the book was the last, "The Overcoat,"”
Poor Folk by Fyodor Dostoevsky: “Also I am sending you a book of stories; some of which I have read myself, particularly one called "The Cloak."”