# Akaki Akakievitch — Short Fiction character guide

> Akaki Akakievitch in Short Fiction by Nikolai Gogol.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Akaki, the little Akaki, Akakievitch

**First appearance:** 0046-the-mantle

## Who they are

A poor copying clerk whose overcoat is stolen, driving him to despair.

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