«But the higher-order reason is this: we come to feel that the story’s strange logic is not the result of

«Since all narration is misnarration, Gogol says, let us misnarrate joyfully.»

Kapitel «Master and Man»

«But even when he understood the cause of his terror he could not shake it off.»

«‹(…) it’s all the same to him whether he lives or dies. What is his life worth?'»

«Nikita talked to them all, excused himself to the fowls and assured them hew would not disturb them again, rebuked

«And when saying this Vasili Andreevich was honestly convinced that he was Nikita’s benefactor (…)»

The Darling

«Suddenly questions arise about the nature of love.»

«Then comes the fateful word ‹But›, telling us that the story-changing event we’ve been waiting for is upon us (…)»