"But stranger than anything are the events that happen on the Prospekt Nevsky. Oh, do not trust the Prospekt Nevsky! Whenever I pass by, I wrap my cloak tighter around myself and strive not to look at the objects that come towards me. Everything is deceit, everything is a dream, everything is different from what it appears!" (N. GOGOL, The Nevsky Prospect, transl. F. Mariano, in N. GOGOL, St. Petersburg Tales, Mondadori, Milan, 2017, p. 42; orig. ed. Nevskij Prospèkt, 1835).

Thanks to the review by @[123asterisco], which made me pull Gogol down from the shelf!