Series:

Russian Texts

6 total works

Cover of The Government Inspector
This is the poet and playwright Adrian Mitchell's version of Gogol's classic satire on human vanity with its story of a penniless nobody from Moscow who is mistaken for a government inspector by the corrupt and self-seeking officials of a small town in Tsarist Russia."The greatest artist that Russia has yet produced" Vladimir Nabokov

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The Nose

by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol

Published 1 February 1991
When a barber finds the nose of one of his clients in a loaf of bread baked by his wife, strange events ensue as the client tries to get his nose back.

Cover of Diary of a Madman

Diary of a Madman

by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol

Published 28 September 1972
Illuminates the Russian writer's thoughts on madness, bureaucracy, and illusion in these five tales.

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The Overcoat

by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol

Published 1 July 1984

The Overcoat which is generally acknowledged as the finest of Gogol's
memorable Saint Petersburg stories, is a tale of the absurd and
misplaced obsessions.

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Nevsky Prospect

by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol

Published 21 March 1968

The theatrical genius of Nikolay Gogol has gone largely unappreciated by English-speaking audiences because pedantically literal translations have left his plays virtually unperformable. These fresh translations restore the vitality of Gogol's language and humor, finally allowing his dramatic art to speak directly to Western readers, directors, actors, and theater-goers. This volume contains The Government Inspector and Marriage - Gogol's greatest full-length plays, comedic cornerstones of the Russian theatrical repertoire - and a one-act satire, The Gamblers. Also included are writings on theater from Gogol's notebooks and correspondences

Cover of Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarrelled with Ivan Nikiforovich