Nice story. Pushkin, the author of "The Queen of Spades" actually gave an initial idea of "Dead Souls" to Gogol. Without knowing that (which the author didn't k

Nice story. Pushkin, the author of "The Queen of Spades" actually gave an initial idea of "Dead Souls" to Gogol. Without knowing that (which the author didn't know) it is really very interesting how the first story reminded of another novel. The only thing they have in common is an author of the ideas for their plots. So no surprise Nabokov got really curious at first and then disappointed with the answer.