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A recurring idea that shapes The Overcoat.
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A clerk's overcoat becomes a small object of dignity, humiliation, comedy, and ghostly revenge.
A clerk's overcoat becomes a small object of dignity, humiliation, comedy, and ghostly revenge.
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A clerk's overcoat becomes a small object of dignity, humiliation, comedy, and ghostly revenge.
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