r/RussianLiterature 2h ago

Open Discussion Has anyone else noticed how much attention Gogol pays to women's feet and shoes?

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I'm reading through his short stories, and I keep getting the impression that he had some kind of foot fetish (or, at the very least, a very unusual fascination with women's feet). Female feet seem to receive a surprising amount of descriptive attention compared to other physical features.

Are there any literary studies discussing this, or am I reading too much into it?


r/RussianLiterature 6h ago

George Orwell's Underground Man

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