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Nikolai Gogol: The Best Works
This ebook compiles Nikolai Gogol's greatest writings, including novels, novellas, short stories and plays such as "Taras Bulba", "Dead Souls", "The Nose", "The Viy", "The Government Inspector" and "The Overcoat".
This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of that specific work.
This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of that specific work.
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500 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 5, 2019
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About the author
Nikolai Gogol
2,137 books5,733 followersPeople consider that Russian writer Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (Николай Васильевич Гоголь) founded realism in Russian literature. His works include
The Overcoat
(1842) and
Dead Souls
(1842).
Ukrainian birth, heritage, and upbringing of Gogol influenced many of his written works among the most beloved in the tradition of Russian-language literature. Most critics see Gogol as the first Russian realist. His biting satire, comic realism, and descriptions of Russian provincials and petty bureaucrats influenced later Russian masters Leo Tolstoy, Ivan Turgenev, and especially Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Gogol wittily said many later Russian maxims.
Gogol first used the techniques of surrealism and the grotesque in his works The Nose , Viy , The Overcoat , and Nevsky Prospekt . Ukrainian upbringing, culture, and folklore influenced his early works, such as Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka .
His later writing satirized political corruption in the Russian empire in Dead Souls .
Ukrainian birth, heritage, and upbringing of Gogol influenced many of his written works among the most beloved in the tradition of Russian-language literature. Most critics see Gogol as the first Russian realist. His biting satire, comic realism, and descriptions of Russian provincials and petty bureaucrats influenced later Russian masters Leo Tolstoy, Ivan Turgenev, and especially Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Gogol wittily said many later Russian maxims.
Gogol first used the techniques of surrealism and the grotesque in his works The Nose , Viy , The Overcoat , and Nevsky Prospekt . Ukrainian upbringing, culture, and folklore influenced his early works, such as Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka .
His later writing satirized political corruption in the Russian empire in Dead Souls .
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February 28, 2020
Taras Bulba - 4 stars
Diary of a Madman - 4 stars
The Viy - 3 stars. Wish this had been longer.
The Nose - 2 stars. Dafuque?
The Government Inspector - 3 stars
Dead Souls - 4 stars
The Overcoat - 3 stars
The Portrait - 3 stars
Started this collection after watching a movie inspired by The Viy and loving it. Glad I checked out Gogol though I am equally glad that I am finished!
Diary of a Madman - 4 stars
The Viy - 3 stars. Wish this had been longer.
The Nose - 2 stars. Dafuque?
The Government Inspector - 3 stars
Dead Souls - 4 stars
The Overcoat - 3 stars
The Portrait - 3 stars
Started this collection after watching a movie inspired by The Viy and loving it. Glad I checked out Gogol though I am equally glad that I am finished!
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