Village Evenings Near Dikanka ; And, Mirgorod
Village Evenings Near Dikanka ; And, Mirgorod

Author: Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Gogolʹ

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 500

ISBN-13:

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Hailed universally as Russia's finest comic writer, and by many as its greatest writer of prose, Nikolai creates a unique Ukranian world, from the darkest Gothic to folkloric levity. Here, this extraordinary countryside is revealed in all its variety in his first two collections of short stories. The only translation available of this cycle of stories, this edition captures fully the spirit and vigor of his important early work for the first time.

The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol
The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol

Author: Nikolai Gogol

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2011-08-17

Total Pages: 463

ISBN-13: 0307803368

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Using, or rather mimicking, traditional forms of storytelling Gogol created stories that are complete within themselves and only tangentially connected to a meaning or moral. His work belongs to the school of invention, where each twist and turn of the narrative is a surprise unfettered by obligation to an overarching theme. Selected from Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka, Mirgorod, and the Petersburg tales and arranged in order of composition, the thirteen stories in The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogolencompass the breadth of Gogol's literary achievement. From the demon-haunted “St. John's Eve ” to the heartrending humiliations and trials of a titular councilor in “The Overcoat,” Gogol's knack for turning literary conventions on their heads combined with his overt joy in the art of story telling shine through in each of the tales. This translation, by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, is as vigorous and darkly funny as the original Russian. It allows readers to experience anew the unmistakable genius of a writer who paved the way for Dostevsky and Kafka.

Reference Guide to Russian Literature
Reference Guide to Russian Literature

Author: Neil Cornwell

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-12-02

Total Pages: 1020

ISBN-13: 1134260776

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First Published in 1998. This volume will surely be regarded as the standard guide to Russian literature for some considerable time to come... It is therefore confidently recommended for addition to reference libraries, be they academic or public.

Diary of a Madman, The Government Inspector, & Selected Stories
Diary of a Madman, The Government Inspector, & Selected Stories

Author: Nikolay Gogol

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2005-12-01

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 014191002X

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Author, dramatist and satirist, Nikolay Gogol (1809-1852) deeply influenced later Russian literature with his powerful depictions of a society dominated by petty beaurocracy and base corruption. This volume includes both his most admired short fiction and his most famous drama. A biting and frequently hilarious political satire, The Government Inspector has been popular since its first performance and was regarded by Nabokov as the greatest Russian play every written. The stories gathered here, meanwhile, range from comic to tragic and describe the isolated lives of low-ranking clerks, lunatics and swindlers. They include Diary of a Madman, an amusing but disturbing exploration of insanity; Nevsky Prospect, a depiction of an artist besotted with a prostitute; and The Overcoat, a moving consideration of poverty that powerfully influenced Dostoevsky and later Russian literature.

Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka
Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka

Author: Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Gogolʹ

Publisher:

Published: 1926

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13:

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"In the autumn of 1831, some easter from the Poltava province issued a book under the tantalizing title "Evenings on a farm near Dikanka". The simple-hearted villager, as if in a frightened way, recommended to the enlightened public four fantastic stories allegedly told at gatherings in his modest hut. "This is real gaiety, sincere, unconstrained, without cheating, without being stiff. In some places, what poetry! What sensitivity!"--So welcomed the new book Pushkin. He knew that, under the mask of an old farmer, a twenty-two-year-old writer is hiding, happily inventing and colorful characters (daring dudes, dazzling marvels, stubborn old men, angry women, mermaids, witches, devils - in a word, all sorts of people and nonhumans), and funny storytellers, and the collector himself invariably "truthful" nonsense - Rudy Pank. Nowadays the name of the writer "Evenings ..." is known to all, in 1831, very few knew him. But among them were two great poets - Zhukovsky ..." --Vasha Kniga

Mirgorod
Mirgorod

Author: Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Gogolʹ

Publisher:

Published: 1928

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13:

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Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka
Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka

Author: Nikolai Gogol

Publisher: Livraria Press

Published: 2024-05-09

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 3989884379

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This is a new translation from the original Russian manuscript of Gogol's collection "Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka"". This edition contains an Afterword by the Translator, a timeline of Gogol's life and works and an Index of Gogol's individual works. A collection of short stories set in the Ukrainian countryside, this work is infused with local folklore, traditions, and supernatural elements. Gogol's vivid characters and picturesque landscapes reflect his deep appreciation for his homeland's spirit. The stories are presented as being related by a fictional beekeeper. Sorochinskaya fair The evening before Ivan Kupala May Night, or the Drowned Woman The Lost Letter Christmas Eve Terrible revenge Ivan Fedorovich Shponka and his aunt An Enchanted place

Dead Souls
Dead Souls

Author: Nikolai Gogol

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2004-12-28

Total Pages: 516

ISBN-13: 9780140448078

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One of the most unusual works of nineteenth-century fiction and a devastating satire on social hypocrisy Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in a provincial town and visits a succession of landowners to make each a strange offer. He proposes to buy the names of dead serfs still registered on the census, saving their owners from paying tax on them, and to use these “souls” as collateral to reinvent himself as a gentleman. In this ebullient masterpiece, Gogol created a grotesque gallery of human types, from the bear-like Sobakevich to the insubstantial fool Manilov, and, above all, the devilish con man Chichikov. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Petersburg Tales
Petersburg Tales

Author: Николай Васильевич Гоголь

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13: 9780192835529

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This volume brings together Gogol's Petersburg Tales with his two most famous plays, all of which guide us through the streets of St. Petersburg, the city erected by force and ingenuity on the marshes of the Neva estuary. Something of the deception and violence of the city's creation seems to lurk beneath its harmonious facade, however, and it confounds its inhabitants with false dreams and absurd visions. This new translation by Christopher English brings out the unique vitality and humor of Russia's finest comic writer. --Publisher.