[nickcarraway]

Dead Souls is so funny that I often had tears rolling down my cheeks. Gogol could make you laugh, even in the midst of tragic circumstances. Definitely part of the Russianness of it. I don't know if other people did, but I laughed out reading Crime and Punishment.

[MarMema]

I guess for me too much of it is true and sad, as I tend to want Russia to be more glorious and perfect. Gogol always showed the uglier side of life there, with his satire of course, but nonetheless, so true to life. Some of it even still, today, true.

I really only found The Inspector General to be funny.