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More than a century and a half later, Nikolai Gogol's stories continue to delight readers the world over. Now a stunning new translation--from an award-winning team of translators--presents these stories in all their inventive, exuberant glory to English-speaking readers. For the first time, the best of Gogol's short fiction is brought together in a single volume: from the colorful Ukrainian tales that led some critics to call him "the Russian Dickens" to the Petersburg stories, with their black humor and wonderfully demented attitude toward the powers that be. All of Gogol's most memorable creations are here: the minor official who misplaces his nose, the downtrodden clerk whose life is changed by the acquisition of a splendid new overcoat, the wily madman who becomes convinced that a dog can tell him everything he needs to know.

These fantastic, comic, utterly Russian characters have dazzled generations of readers and had a profound influence on writers such as Dostoevsky and Nabokov. Now they are brilliantly rendered in the first new translation in twenty-five years--one that is destined to become the definitive edition of Gogol's most important stories.]]> 1836 0 2 false Sat Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 14:37:54 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 16:26:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 19989968 167512 19103 0226300684 9780226300689 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1229238838m/19103.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1229238838s/19103.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19103.The_Complete_Tales_of_Nikolai_Gogol 4.30 105 Dead Souls) together in paperback. Volume 1 includes Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka, the early Ukrainian folktales that first brought Gogol fame, as well as "Nevsky Prospekt" and "Diary of a Madman."

"It is good to have a complete collection of Gogol's tales in paperback. . . . Professor Kent has thoroughly revised Mrs. Garnett's conscientious and skillful translation, eliminating the Victorianisms of her style, correcting mistakes and pruderies of diction, and making the whole translation sound much more contemporary and alive. But he has avoided the whimsicality and 'curliness' in which some recent translators indulged, and he has not changed or suppressed anything material. He has also supplied helpful notes which are often the first annotation in English, and he has written an introduction which steers the correct middle course between making Gogol an irresponsible artist of the grotesque and proving him a documentary historian of backward Russia."—René Wellek, Yale University</div>]]> 1836 4 2 false Fri Apr 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 12 03:30:25 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 12 04:08:19 -0700 2008
Most of these stor...more...]]> 5154728 190396 252981 0375706151 9780375706158 58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173157860m/252981.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173157860s/252981.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/252981.The_Collected_Tales_of_Nikolai_Gogol 4.37 699
More than a century and a half later, Nikolai Gogol's stories continue to delight readers the world over. Now a stunning new translation--from an award-winning team of translators--presents these stories in all their inventive, exuberant glory to English-speaking readers. For the first time, the best of Gogol's short fiction is brought together in a single volume: from the colorful Ukrainian tales that led some critics to call him "the Russian Dickens" to the Petersburg stories, with their black humor and wonderfully demented attitude toward the powers that be. All of Gogol's most memorable creations are here: the minor official who misplaces his nose, the downtrodden clerk whose life is changed by the acquisition of a splendid new overcoat, the wily madman who becomes convinced that a dog can tell him everything he needs to know.

These fantastic, comic, utterly Russian characters have dazzled generations of readers and had a profound influence on writers such as Dostoevsky and Nabokov. Now they are brilliantly rendered in the first new translation in twenty-five years--one that is destined to become the definitive edition of Gogol's most important stories.]]> 1836 4 1 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 26 21:43:08 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 10 22:14:26 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2627804 166687 252981 0375706151 9780375706158 58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173157860m/252981.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173157860s/252981.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/252981.The_Collected_Tales_of_Nikolai_Gogol 4.37 699
More than a century and a half later, Nikolai Gogol's stories continue to delight readers the world over. Now a stunning new translation--from an award-winning team of translators--presents these stories in all their inventive, exuberant glory to English-speaking readers. For the first time, the best of Gogol's short fiction is brought together in a single volume: from the colorful Ukrainian tales that led some critics to call him "the Russian Dickens" to the Petersburg stories, with their black humor and wonderfully demented attitude toward the powers that be. All of Gogol's most memorable creations are here: the minor official who misplaces his nose, the downtrodden clerk whose life is changed by the acquisition of a splendid new overcoat, the wily madman who becomes convinced that a dog can tell him everything he needs to know.

These fantastic, comic, utterly Russian characters have dazzled generations of readers and had a profound influence on writers such as Dostoevsky and Nabokov. Now they are brilliantly rendered in the first new translation in twenty-five years--one that is destined to become the definitive edition of Gogol's most important stories.]]> 1836 5 1 false Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2000 Mon Jul 02 09:02:21 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 04 09:09:05 -0700 2007 more...]]> 38074638 874009 252981 0375706151 9780375706158 58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173157860m/252981.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173157860s/252981.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/252981.The_Collected_Tales_of_Nikolai_Gogol 4.37 699
More than a century and a half later, Nikolai Gogol's stories continue to delight readers the world over. Now a stunning new translation--from an award-winning team of translators--presents these stories in all their inventive, exuberant glory to English-speaking readers. For the first time, the best of Gogol's short fiction is brought together in a single volume: from the colorful Ukrainian tales that led some critics to call him "the Russian Dickens" to the Petersburg stories, with their black humor and wonderfully demented attitude toward the powers that be. All of Gogol's most memorable creations are here: the minor official who misplaces his nose, the downtrodden clerk whose life is changed by the acquisition of a splendid new overcoat, the wily madman who becomes convinced that a dog can tell him everything he needs to know.

These fantastic, comic, utterly Russian characters have dazzled generations of readers and had a profound influence on writers such as Dostoevsky and Nabokov. Now they are brilliantly rendered in the first new translation in twenty-five years--one that is destined to become the definitive edition of Gogol's most important stories.]]> 1836 5 1 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 18 14:21:04 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 18 14:33:32 -0800 2008 And laugh like a fool.
My favorite, is "The Story of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich."
It's go...more...]]> 71135303 2735813 3076174 0307269698 9780307269690 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256143332m/3076174.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256143332s/3076174.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3076174.The_Collected_Tales 3.75 4 From the acclaimed translators of War and Peace, Crime and Punishment, and The Brothers Karamazov, a brilliant translation of Nikolai Gogol’s short fiction.

Collected here are Gogol’s finest tales—stories that combine the wide-eyed, credulous imagination of the peasant with the sardonic social criticism of the city dweller—allowing readers to experience anew the unmistakable genius of a writer who paved the way for Dostoevsky and Kafka. All of Gogol’s most memorable creations are here: the minor official who misplaces his nose, the downtrodden clerk whose life is changed by the acquisition of a splendid new overcoat, the wily madman who becomes convinced that a dog can tell him everything he needs to know. The wholly unique blend of the mundane and the supernatural that Gogol crafted established his reputation as one of the most daring and inventive writers of his time.

]]> 1836 4 0 false Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 21:34:23 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 21:34:35 -0700 2009
Gogol pulls each of thes...more...]]> 16220757 937327 238349 0679430237 9780679430230 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173013329m/238349.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173013329s/238349.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/238349.The_Collected_Tales_of_Nikolai_Gogol 3.93 14
More than a century and a half later, Nikolai Gogol's stories continue to delight readers the world over. Now a stunning new translation--from an award-winning team of translators--presents these stories in all their inventive, exuberant glory to English-speaking readers. For the first time, the best of Gogol's short fiction is brought together in a single volume: from the colorful Ukrainian tales that led some critics to call him "the Russian Dickens" to the Petersburg stories, with their black humor and wonderfully demented attitude toward the powers that be. All of Gogol's most memorable creations are here: the minor official who misplaces his nose, the downtrodden clerk whose life is changed by the acquisition of a splendid new overcoat, the wily madman who becomes convinced that a dog can tell him everything he needs to know.

These fantastic, comic, utterly Russian characters have dazzled generations of readers and had a profound influence on writers such as Dostoevsky and Nabokov. Now they are brilliantly rendered in the first new translation in twenty-five years--one that is destined to become the definitive edition of Gogol's most important stories.]]> 1836 5 1 false Sat Feb 23 21:22:36 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 23 22:09:41 -0800 2008 more...]]> 12415045 777958 252981 0375706151 9780375706158 58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173157860m/252981.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173157860s/252981.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/252981.The_Collected_Tales_of_Nikolai_Gogol 4.37 699
More than a century and a half later, Nikolai Gogol's stories continue to delight readers the world over. Now a stunning new translation--from an award-winning team of translators--presents these stories in all their inventive, exuberant glory to English-speaking readers. For the first time, the best of Gogol's short fiction is brought together in a single volume: from the colorful Ukrainian tales that led some critics to call him "the Russian Dickens" to the Petersburg stories, with their black humor and wonderfully demented attitude toward the powers that be. All of Gogol's most memorable creations are here: the minor official who misplaces his nose, the downtrodden clerk whose life is changed by the acquisition of a splendid new overcoat, the wily madman who becomes convinced that a dog can tell him everything he needs to know.

These fantastic, comic, utterly Russian characters have dazzled generations of readers and had a profound influence on writers such as Dostoevsky and Nabokov. Now they are brilliantly rendered in the first new translation in twenty-five years--one that is destined to become the definitive edition of Gogol's most important stories.]]> 1836 5 1 false Wed Jan 30 19:16:22 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 13 13:16:50 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 13 15:27:39 -0800 2008 46162533 853659 3017764 184159315X 9781841593159 2 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3017764.The_Collected_Tales 4.60 5 1836 5 0 false Fri Jul 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Feb 12 12:04:22 -0800 2009 Fri Jul 03 17:42:34 -0700 2009 Dead Souls, this collection highlights Gogol's wordplay and "nameology" as only Pevear and Volokhonsky can. I've read The Overcoat before, mainly due to Dostoevsky's influence. He once said that "We all come out of Gogol's Overcoat."

This col...more...]]> 4561128 280093 252981 0375706151 9780375706158 58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173157860m/252981.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173157860s/252981.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/252981.The_Collected_Tales_of_Nikolai_Gogol 4.37 699
More than a century and a half later, Nikolai Gogol's stories continue to delight readers the world over. Now a stunning new translation--from an award-winning team of translators--presents these stories in all their inventive, exuberant glory to English-speaking readers. For the first time, the best of Gogol's short fiction is brought together in a single volume: from the colorful Ukrainian tales that led some critics to call him "the Russian Dickens" to the Petersburg stories, with their black humor and wonderfully demented attitude toward the powers that be. All of Gogol's most memorable creations are here: the minor official who misplaces his nose, the downtrodden clerk whose life is changed by the acquisition of a splendid new overcoat, the wily madman who becomes convinced that a dog can tell him everything he needs to know.

These fantastic, comic, utterly Russian characters have dazzled generations of readers and had a profound influence on writers such as Dostoevsky and Nabokov. Now they are brilliantly rendered in the first new translation in twenty-five years--one that is destined to become the definitive edition of Gogol's most important stories.]]> 1836 3 0 false Thu Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 14 18:42:38 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 17 13:27:11 -0700 2009
edit: finally finished! this collection of Gogol's works is divided up...more...]]> 14483704 100399 252981 0375706151 9780375706158 58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173157860m/252981.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173157860s/252981.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/252981.The_Collected_Tales_of_Nikolai_Gogol 4.37 699
More than a century and a half later, Nikolai Gogol's stories continue to delight readers the world over. Now a stunning new translation--from an award-winning team of translators--presents these stories in all their inventive, exuberant glory to English-speaking readers. For the first time, the best of Gogol's short fiction is brought together in a single volume: from the colorful Ukrainian tales that led some critics to call him "the Russian Dickens" to the Petersburg stories, with their black humor and wonderfully demented attitude toward the powers that be. All of Gogol's most memorable creations are here: the minor official who misplaces his nose, the downtrodden clerk whose life is changed by the acquisition of a splendid new overcoat, the wily madman who becomes convinced that a dog can tell him everything he needs to know.

These fantastic, comic, utterly Russian characters have dazzled generations of readers and had a profound influence on writers such as Dostoevsky and Nabokov. Now they are brilliantly rendered in the first new translation in twenty-five years--one that is destined to become the definitive edition of Gogol's most important stories.]]> 1836 0 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sun Feb 03 19:02:17 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 03 19:07:15 -0800 2008
We get up to th police clerk and I give him my card and move off to the side. Ben hands over his card. Trouble. Police clerk (sherrif of nottingham perhaps??) s...more...]]> 55607297 1141825 252981 0375706151 9780375706158 58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173157860m/252981.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173157860s/252981.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/252981.The_Collected_Tales_of_Nikolai_Gogol 4.37 699
More than a century and a half later, Nikolai Gogol's stories continue to delight readers the world over. Now a stunning new translation--from an award-winning team of translators--presents these stories in all their inventive, exuberant glory to English-speaking readers. For the first time, the best of Gogol's short fiction is brought together in a single volume: from the colorful Ukrainian tales that led some critics to call him "the Russian Dickens" to the Petersburg stories, with their black humor and wonderfully demented attitude toward the powers that be. All of Gogol's most memorable creations are here: the minor official who misplaces his nose, the downtrodden clerk whose life is changed by the acquisition of a splendid new overcoat, the wily madman who becomes convinced that a dog can tell him everything he needs to know.

These fantastic, comic, utterly Russian characters have dazzled generations of readers and had a profound influence on writers such as Dostoevsky and Nabokov. Now they are brilliantly rendered in the first new translation in twenty-five years--one that is destined to become the definitive edition of Gogol's most important stories.]]> 1836 5 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Sun May 10 16:47:30 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 16:47:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 56465715 2330197 252981 0375706151 9780375706158 58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173157860m/252981.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173157860s/252981.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/252981.The_Collected_Tales_of_Nikolai_Gogol 4.37 699
More than a century and a half later, Nikolai Gogol's stories continue to delight readers the world over. Now a stunning new translation--from an award-winning team of translators--presents these stories in all their inventive, exuberant glory to English-speaking readers. For the first time, the best of Gogol's short fiction is brought together in a single volume: from the colorful Ukrainian tales that led some critics to call him "the Russian Dickens" to the Petersburg stories, with their black humor and wonderfully demented attitude toward the powers that be. All of Gogol's most memorable creations are here: the minor official who misplaces his nose, the downtrodden clerk whose life is changed by the acquisition of a splendid new overcoat, the wily madman who becomes convinced that a dog can tell him everything he needs to know.

These fantastic, comic, utterly Russian characters have dazzled generations of readers and had a profound influence on writers such as Dostoevsky and Nabokov. Now they are brilliantly rendered in the first new translation in twenty-five years--one that is destined to become the definitive edition of Gogol's most important stories.]]> 1836 4 1 false Mon May 18 06:33:14 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 09:28:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 79357493 2992363 252981 0375706151 9780375706158 58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173157860m/252981.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173157860s/252981.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/252981.The_Collected_Tales_of_Nikolai_Gogol 4.37 699
More than a century and a half later, Nikolai Gogol's stories continue to delight readers the world over. Now a stunning new translation--from an award-winning team of translators--presents these stories in all their inventive, exuberant glory to English-speaking readers. For the first time, the best of Gogol's short fiction is brought together in a single volume: from the colorful Ukrainian tales that led some critics to call him "the Russian Dickens" to the Petersburg stories, with their black humor and wonderfully demented attitude toward the powers that be. All of Gogol's most memorable creations are here: the minor official who misplaces his nose, the downtrodden clerk whose life is changed by the acquisition of a splendid new overcoat, the wily madman who becomes convinced that a dog can tell him everything he needs to know.

These fantastic, comic, utterly Russian characters have dazzled generations of readers and had a profound influence on writers such as Dostoevsky and Nabokov. Now they are brilliantly rendered in the first new translation in twenty-five years--one that is destined to become the definitive edition of Gogol's most important stories.]]> 1836 5 0 false Sun Nov 29 19:36:43 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 19:37:53 -0800 2009 The Namesake
After reading the Namesake I had to read the Overcoat!]]> 65727125 526331 252981 0375706151 9780375706158 58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173157860m/252981.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173157860s/252981.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/252981.The_Collected_Tales_of_Nikolai_Gogol 4.37 699
More than a century and a half later, Nikolai Gogol's stories continue to delight readers the world over. Now a stunning new translation--from an award-winning team of translators--presents these stories in all their inventive, exuberant glory to English-speaking readers. For the first time, the best of Gogol's short fiction is brought together in a single volume: from the colorful Ukrainian tales that led some critics to call him "the Russian Dickens" to the Petersburg stories, with their black humor and wonderfully demented attitude toward the powers that be. All of Gogol's most memorable creations are here: the minor official who misplaces his nose, the downtrodden clerk whose life is changed by the acquisition of a splendid new overcoat, the wily madman who becomes convinced that a dog can tell him everything he needs to know.

These fantastic, comic, utterly Russian characters have dazzled generations of readers and had a profound influence on writers such as Dostoevsky and Nabokov. Now they are brilliantly rendered in the first new translation in twenty-five years--one that is destined to become the definitive edition of Gogol's most important stories.]]> 1836 4 0 false Sat Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 20:25:39 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 07:58:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 42061238 1597083 252981 0375706151 9780375706158 58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173157860m/252981.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173157860s/252981.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/252981.The_Collected_Tales_of_Nikolai_Gogol 4.37 699
More than a century and a half later, Nikolai Gogol's stories continue to delight readers the world over. Now a stunning new translation--from an award-winning team of translators--presents these stories in all their inventive, exuberant glory to English-speaking readers. For the first time, the best of Gogol's short fiction is brought together in a single volume: from the colorful Ukrainian tales that led some critics to call him "the Russian Dickens" to the Petersburg stories, with their black humor and wonderfully demented attitude toward the powers that be. All of Gogol's most memorable creations are here: the minor official who misplaces his nose, the downtrodden clerk whose life is changed by the acquisition of a splendid new overcoat, the wily madman who becomes convinced that a dog can tell him everything he needs to know.

These fantastic, comic, utterly Russian characters have dazzled generations of readers and had a profound influence on writers such as Dostoevsky and Nabokov. Now they are brilliantly rendered in the first new translation in twenty-five years--one that is destined to become the definitive edition of Gogol's most important stories.]]> 1836 5 0 false Mon Jan 05 22:31:25 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 22:36:27 -0800 2009 48683515 90342 3017764 184159315X 9781841593159 2 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3017764.The_Collected_Tales 4.37 699 1836 5 0 false Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 07:37:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 07:38:03 -0700 2009 68662672 1049050 252981 0375706151 9780375706158 58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173157860m/252981.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173157860s/252981.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/252981.The_Collected_Tales_of_Nikolai_Gogol 4.37 699
More than a century and a half later, Nikolai Gogol's stories continue to delight readers the world over. Now a stunning new translation--from an award-winning team of translators--presents these stories in all their inventive, exuberant glory to English-speaking readers. For the first time, the best of Gogol's short fiction is brought together in a single volume: from the colorful Ukrainian tales that led some critics to call him "the Russian Dickens" to the Petersburg stories, with their black humor and wonderfully demented attitude toward the powers that be. All of Gogol's most memorable creations are here: the minor official who misplaces his nose, the downtrodden clerk whose life is changed by the acquisition of a splendid new overcoat, the wily madman who becomes convinced that a dog can tell him everything he needs to know.

These fantastic, comic, utterly Russian characters have dazzled generations of readers and had a profound influence on writers such as Dostoevsky and Nabokov. Now they are brilliantly rendered in the first new translation in twenty-five years--one that is destined to become the definitive edition of Gogol's most important stories.]]> 1836 0 0 false Sat Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 05:12:33 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 05:13:33 -0700 2009 28658777 763730 252981 0375706151 9780375706158 58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173157860m/252981.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173157860s/252981.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/252981.The_Collected_Tales_of_Nikolai_Gogol 4.37 699
More than a century and a half later, Nikolai Gogol's stories continue to delight readers the world over. Now a stunning new translation--from an award-winning team of translators--presents these stories in all their inventive, exuberant glory to English-speaking readers. For the first time, the best of Gogol's short fiction is brought together in a single volume: from the colorful Ukrainian tales that led some critics to call him "the Russian Dickens" to the Petersburg stories, with their black humor and wonderfully demented attitude toward the powers that be. All of Gogol's most memorable creations are here: the minor official who misplaces his nose, the downtrodden clerk whose life is changed by the acquisition of a splendid new overcoat, the wily madman who becomes convinced that a dog can tell him everything he needs to know.

These fantastic, comic, utterly Russian characters have dazzled generations of readers and had a profound influence on writers such as Dostoevsky and Nabokov. Now they are brilliantly rendered in the first new translation in twenty-five years--one that is destined to become the definitive edition of Gogol's most important stories.]]> 1836 4 0 false Sun Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 14:52:38 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 12 14:30:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 50731031 278626 252981 0375706151 9780375706158 58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173157860m/252981.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173157860s/252981.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/252981.The_Collected_Tales_of_Nikolai_Gogol 4.37 699
More than a century and a half later, Nikolai Gogol's stories continue to delight readers the world over. Now a stunning new translation--from an award-winning team of translators--presents these stories in all their inventive, exuberant glory to English-speaking readers. For the first time, the best of Gogol's short fiction is brought together in a single volume: from the colorful Ukrainian tales that led some critics to call him "the Russian Dickens" to the Petersburg stories, with their black humor and wonderfully demented attitude toward the powers that be. All of Gogol's most memorable creations are here: the minor official who misplaces his nose, the downtrodden clerk whose life is changed by the acquisition of a splendid new overcoat, the wily madman who becomes convinced that a dog can tell him everything he needs to know.

These fantastic, comic, utterly Russian characters have dazzled generations of readers and had a profound influence on writers such as Dostoevsky and Nabokov. Now they are brilliantly rendered in the first new translation in twenty-five years--one that is destined to become the definitive edition of Gogol's most important stories.]]> 1836 5 0 false Sat Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 13:13:03 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 17:55:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3017764