Огромный, величиною почти с слона, таракан остановился у дверей и просунул свои усы.
Полное собрание сочинений в 14 томах (1937-1952), Том второй: Миргород (1937), Вий: Варианты, стр. 574
A huge cockroach, almost as big as an elephant, came to a stop in the doorway and thrust its whiskers inside.
From the first version of the story "Viy", published in Mirgorod (1835), but omitted from the Collected Works (1842) and all subsequent editions
See also: The Cockroach in Russian Literature (1): Gogol (1)
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