Jaivishal Mandal: It would be hard to find a man who lived in his work as did Akaky Akakyevitch. To say that he was jealous in his work is not enough; no, he loved his work. In it, in that copying, he found a varied and agreeable world of his own.

It would be hard to find a man who lived in his work as did Akaky Akakyevitch. To say that he was jealous in his work is not enough; no, he loved his work. In it, in that copying, he found a varied and agreeable world of his own.