Nikolai Gogol
1) Dead Souls
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Dead Souls, by Nikolai Gogol, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
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Five tragicomic tales from the visionary writer heralded by Vladimir Nabokov as "the greatest artist that Russia has yet produced" A midlevel bureaucrat in the czar's administration, Poprishchin is hurrying to work when he sees a woman step out of a carriage. Her beauty astounds him, and as she passes by, he hears something impossible: Her dog opens its mouth, and begins to speak. It is Poprishchin's first step on the road to insanity, a journey...
3) Viy
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A young priest is preparing to spend three nights alone with the corpse of a dead witch and only his faith to protect him. He is ordered to supervise the waking of the dead witch in a small old wooden church of a remote village. Join the priest on his journey in this Sovereign Classic edition of Viy.
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Hailed by Nabokov as "the greatest artist that Russia has yet produced," Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852) left his mark as a playwright, novelist, and writer of short stories. Gogol's works remain popular with both writers and readers, who prize his originality, imaginative gifts, and sheer exuberance. This collection offers an excellent introduction to the author's works. Opening a door to his bizarre world of broad comedy, fantasy, and social commentary,...
5) Taras Bulba
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The story follows an old Cossack, Taras Bulba, and his two sons, Andriy and Ostap returning home from an Orthodox seminary in Kiev. Ostap is the more adventurous, whereas Andriy has deeply romantic feelings of an introvert. While in Kiev, he fell in love with a young Polish girl. The three men set later out on a journey to Zaporizhian Sich located in Southern Ukraine, where they join other Cossacks and go to war against Poland.
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Créée à Saint-Pétersbourg en 1836, d'après une histoire racontée à Gogol par Pouchkine, Le Révizor est la plus célèbre comédie du théâtre russe : Khlestakof, un jeune voyageur, tout juste arrivé dans une petite ville de province, est pris par les notables pour l'envoyé secret du tsar chargé d'enquêter sur eux. Auprès du rusé Khlestakof, qui n'en demandait pas tant, les notables vont rivaliser d'amabilités et de largesses.
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With a new subject and scriptural index, as well as a short abstract on Nikolai Gogol as a religious personality, this reedited commentary on the Divine Liturgy-the primary public worship service of the Orthodox Church-is as practical as it is mystical. Gogol, one of the most prominent Russian writers of the 19th century, draws from the early Church Fathers and his own experience to explain the sublime mystery of the Orthodox divine services. In doing...
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En douze chants, Gogol conte l'épopée du vieux Tarass Boulba et de ses deux fils, Ostap et André, partis de l'Ukraine avec tous les Cosaques zaporogues dans une guerre sans merci contre les Polonais. Mais André rêve secrètement de la belle Polonaise qu'il a jadis entrevue...
« Tarass Boulba est un fragment, un épisode de la grande épopée de tout un peuple. » (V. Biélinski)
Traduction intégrale de Marc Semenoff (1949), accompagnée d'illustrations...
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As enigmatic as he was influential, Nikolai Gogol is commonly referred to as the father Russian realism. Selected Stories of Nikolai Gogol draws from stories set in Ukraine and St. Petersburg. Included are "The Fair at Sorochintsï," first published in Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka, the short story collection that launched Gogol's career and made him famous overnight; "The Viy," a horror novella; "The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan...
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Diary of a Madman is one of Gogol's greatest stories. The tale follows the life of a minor civil servant during the repressive era of Nicholas I. Following the format of a diary, the story shows the descent of the protagonist, Poprishchin, into insanity. Diary of a Madman, the only one of Gogol's works written in first person, follows diary-entry format. This Sovereign Classic edition also includes the following other tales: The Mantle, The Nose,...
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A collection of short comic stories. "This world is full of the most outrageous nonsense. Sometimes things happen which you would hardly think possible." This is a collection of five short satiric stories by Nikolai Gogol that focus on the ugly and the sad elements in life.
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Translated by Constance Garnett Notes and Introductions by David Rampton, Department of English, University of Ottawa Gogol's works constitute one of Russian literature's supreme achievements, yet the nature of their brilliant originality, comic genius, and complex workings is difficult to summarize precisely. The Government Inspector, a perennial favourite on stage and screen, is considered a national institution in Russia, and Gogol's stories present...
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In the comedy "Marriage," which Gogol began in 1832 as "The Wooers" and completed only in 1842 in its final form, the author attacked in his inimitable manner the modern problem of escape from marriage. By unexcelled, mirth-provoking characterization, and with delightful irony, Gogol satirized the fear of marriage inherent in the soul of the average man. "The Gamblers" is a masterpiece of dramatic suspense, and has been hailed in Europe as a model...
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This work by Nikolai Gogol was originally published in 1832 and it is here republished with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Night of Christmas Eve' is a short story about a young man trying to win the affections of a beautiful girl by promising to fetch her the slippers of the Tsaritsa.
15) El Capote
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"El Capote" es un relato corto del autor ruso de origen ucraniano Nikolai Gogol, publicado en 1842. El relato y su autor han tenido una gran influencia en la literatura rusa, como se expresa en una cita sobre los escritores realistas rusos de Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé (a menudo atribuida erróneamente a Fyodor Dostoyevsky) "Todos salimos del 'Abrigo' de Gogol". En 1941, Vladimir Nabokov lo calificó como "el mejor cuento ruso jamás escrito".
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The corrupt officials of a small Russian town, headed by the Mayor, react with terror to the news that an incognito inspector (the revizor) will soon be arriving in their town to investigate them. Based upon an anecdote allegedly recounted to Gogol by Pushkin, the play is a comedy of errors, satirizing human greed, stupidity, and fear.
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Nikolai Gogol's novel Dead Souls and play The Government Inspector revolutionized Russian literature and continue to entertain generations of readers around the world. Yet Gogol's peculiar genius comes through most powerfully in his short stories. By turns-or at once-funny, terrifying, and profound, the tales collected in The Nose and Other Stories are among the greatest achievements of world literature.
These stories showcase Gogol's vivid, haunting...
18) Alamas muertas
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Almas muertas de Nikolai Gogol goza del nada despreciable honor de ser la primera gran novela de la literatura rusa del siglo XIX, además de uno de los fragmentos más hermosos, más arriesgados y más divertidos de la narrativa universal. Por supuesto, sólo alguien tan indescifrable y escurridizo como el consejero colegiado Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov podía ser el héroe de una obra en la que el lector va a percibir, desde la primera página, en...
19) The Inspector
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A revelatory new translation of Gogol's comedy by renowned playwright Richard Nelson and Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky--the foremost contemporary translators of classic Russian literature including the best-selling Oprah's Book Club selection, Anna Karenina--marks the first of a series of translations of important Russian plays over the next ten years.
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Gogol's stories are admired for their skillful mingling of fantasy and reality, quiet good humor and use of mundane details--as Gogol put it--"to extract the extraordinary from the ordinary." Imaginative and timeless, they remain as fresh and significant today as they were to readers generations ago. This rich selection of four short stories by the great 19th-century Russian author of Dead Souls includes "The Nose," a savage satire of incompetent...
