Diary of a Madman
by Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Gogolʹ · first published 1961
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Gogol is the master of witty short stories. I also recommend Diary of a Madman, in which a mediocre civil servant begins to imagine he is the King of Spain. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/36238/36238-h/36238-h.htm#Pa...
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