click to read on the passage from "The Nose", by Nikolai Gogol then answer the question. What tone does the first sentence of the story create with its use of a specific date, time, and place?
a. It creates a matter-of-fact tone
b. It contibutes to the strange tone of the story
c. It contibutes to the description of characters
d. It creates a magical image of the setting
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