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The human feelings, which had never been very deep in him, grew shallower every hour, and every day something more dropped away from the decrepit wreck.
The human feelings, which had never been very deep in him, grew shallower every hour, and every day something more dropped away from the decrepit wreck.
Approximate author period: c. 1827 AD · industrial
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- Nikolai Gogol
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- Approximate author period: c. 1827 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period evidence for Nikolai Gogol: documented activity in 1827. Wikidata Q43718, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43718 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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