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14 reviews
Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol, Nikolai Gógol

Oceano De Mexico, 2000

That violence and that mentality are still with us
"Taras Bulba" is a magnificent story which portraits the life of the Ucrainian Cossacks who lived by the river Dnieper in the XVI Century. Taras Bulba is an old and hardened warrior who feels a little rusty by the lack of action. When his two sons return from school at Kiev, he eagerly takes them to the "setch", the camping and training island of the Cossacks. There they spend their time drinking ...

The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol

11 reviews
Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol, Richard Pevear, ...

Pantheon Books, 1998

Sheer Genius (and a good translation)
This is the kind of writing that makes me questions why movies even exist. The style, the sentences, the humor, the feel is all something unique, unpredictable, and unmistakable. These plots are bizarre, intriguing and it is nearly impossible to guess the endings. All this coming from a translated work is a success for the writer and the translators. The Overcoat, Diary of a Madman, & the Nose ...

Diary of a Madman

19 reviews
Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC Audio), 2000

Classic Russian Literature
Unfortuntely, many Americans are still unfamiliar with some of the great works that were penned behind the iron curtain. I only became familiar with Gogol through references in the work of Philip Roth. After all, great writers should give their due to their predecessors. Five of Gogol's most celebrated short stories are included in this collection. While I can only classify myself as a fan of ...

Selected Passages from Correspondence with Friends

1 review
Nikolai Vasil'evich Gogol

Vanderbilt University Press, 1969

Blueprint for Russian Future
The least known, "unusual" book by Nikolai Gogol (first published 1847), which was usually omitted in Gogol's collected works published in the Soviet times, gives in the guidelines for the self-improvement of the Russian "race" and presents in a nutshell the trial and error method of the Russian civilisational development. Most of the later Russian writers and thinkers used to keep this Gogol's ...

The Complete Tales of Nikolai Gogol (Volume 1)

4 reviews
Nikolai Vasil'evich Gogol

University Of Chicago Press, 1985

The Complete Tales of Nikolai Gogol, Volume 1 & 2
These are two volumes of the complete short stories from Nikolai Gogol ("Dead Souls" is not included). Volume One is somewhat inferior to Volume Two, but not everything here is flawed. "Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka" is a two-part series of tales that involve Russian life in the early 1800's. Some tales seems to drag (The Fiar at Sorochintsy), while others are enjoyable to read (A Terrible ...

Overcoat and Other Tales of Good and Evil

6 reviews
Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol

W. W. Norton & Company, 1965

Department Head...
This story, one of Gogol's most famous is skillfully narrated to reflect the author's frustration with civil service and the plight of the poor, and will evoke an emotional response among listeners. Akakii Akakievich is a lowly government clerk. When winter begins he notices that his old overcoat is beyod ...

The Inspector General (Dover Thrift Editions)

7 reviews
Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol

Dover Publications, 1995

Grade-A Gogol
This play is Gogol's most famous, and deservedly so. G portrays a small town's corruption and downfall very amusingly; the story is less memorable than Gogol's manner of telling it and his detached observations of his grotesque creations. The story is a farce, with miniature farces set within it. Anyone who reads it expecting something ponderous with be disappointed; anyone who is simply ...

Dead Souls
Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol

Naxos Audiobooks, 2003

The Overcoat (Journeyman chapbook)

3 reviews
Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol

Riverrun Pr, 1981

Gogal uses imagery and symbolism to appeal to the reader.
The short story "The Overcoat" written by Nikolai Gogol is a creatively written story containing imagery and symbolism to appeal to the reader. The main character's name is Akaky Akakievich, who is destined to be a "no body" in this world from birth. He lives a hard life in Petersburg earning what little money he gets by copying documents. Gogol uses excellent imagery with the description of ...

The Overcoat, the Nose Nevsky Prospect, Carriage, the Portrait, Diary of a Madman, Rome (Russian language)
Nikolai Vasil'evich Gogol

Bookking International, 1999

Dead Souls (Norton Critical Edition)

26 reviews
Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol

W. W. Norton & Company, 1986

Devastatingly funny: The satire that launched modern novel in Russia
Nikolai Gogol's Dead Soul launches the 'great Russian novel form' with a satire, so apt and so funny, that the novel remains as one of the most popular Russian text ever. Gogol's own personal life may have been a dire disaster, but as a novelist he stands next to only Tolstoy and Dostovesky, as short story writer only Chekov comes close to his fame, and mind you, he preceded them and their ...

Meditations on the Divine Liturgy

1 review
Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol

Holy Trinity Monastery, 1985

A door into the vastness that is
Devotion is the key to opening the human heart. Devotion is the highest form of compassion, and adherence to the particulars of sacred ritual is the highest form of devotion. Nikolai Gogol understood this, and he shares with us in this little pamphlet how he came to understand this key to the human heart, through the Holy Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, or the Sunday service of the Orthodox ...

Taras Bulba And Other Tales

3 reviews
Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol

Kessinger Publishing, 2004

Tara Bulba- Cossack Glory
I read this book in my youth and loved it then. Revisiting it hasn't diminished the richness of its style or the quality of its impact. I love it still. Taras Bulba captures the wildness of spirit of the Cossacks and their role in the early Russia. It shows the magnificence of the qualities of love, loyalty and bravery. It also shows the opposite side of the human psyche mainly cruelty and ...

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