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Collected here are Gogol's finest tales - from the demon-haunted
'St John's Eve' to the strange surrealism of 'The Nose', from the
heart-rending trials of the copyist in 'The Overcoat' to those of
the delusional clerk in 'The Diary of a Madman' - allowing readers
to experience anew the unmistakable genius of a writer who paved
the way for Dostoevsky and Kafka. To this superb new translation -
the first in twenty-five years and destined to become the
definitive edition of Gogol's short fiction - Richard Pevear and
Larissa Volokhonsky bring the same clarity and fidelity to the
original that they brought to their brilliant translation of
Dostoevsky's works and to War and Peace.
A stranger arrives in a Russian backwater community with a bizarre proposition for the local landowners: cash for their "dead souls," the serfs who have died in their service and for whom they must continue to pay taxes until the next census. The landowner receives a payment and a relief of his tax burden, and the stranger receives--"what? Gogol's comic masterpiece offers a vast and satirical painting of the Russian panorama as it traces the path and encounters of its mysterious protagonist in pursuit of his dubious scheme. "Dead Souls, regarded as both a realistic portrait of nineteenth-century Russia and a work of great symbolism, continues to inspire twenty-first century authors and readers.
One of the most influential short stories ever written, Nikolai
Gogol's ''The Overcoat'' first appeared in 1842 as part of a
four-volume publication of its author's Collected Works. The story
is considered not only an early masterpiece of Russian Naturalism-a
movement that would dominate the country's literature for
generations-but a progenitor of the modern short story form itself.
"We all came out from under Gogol's 'Overcoat'" is a remark that
has been variously attributed to Dostoevsky and Turgenev. That
either or both might have said it is an indication of the
far-reaching significance of Gogol's work.
Gogol's writings have been seen as a bridge between the genres
of romanticism and realism in Russian literature. Progressive
critics of his day praised Gogol for grounding his prose fictions
in the everyday lives of ordinary people, and they claimed him as a
pioneer of a new "naturalist" aesthetic. Yet, Gogol viewed his work
in a more conservative light, and his writing seems to incorporate
as much fantasy and folklore as realistic detail. "The Overcoat,"
which was written sporadically over several years during a
self-imposed exile in Geneva and Rome, is a particularly dazzling
amalgam of these seemingly disparate tendencies in Gogol's writing.
The story begins by taking its readers through the mundane and
alienating world of a bureaucratic office in St. Petersburg where
an awkward, impoverished clerk must scrimp and save in order to
afford a badly needed new winter coat. As the story progresses, we
enter a fairy-tale world of supernatural revenge, where the clerk's
corpse is seen wandering city streets ripping coats off the backs
of passersby. Gogol's story is both comic and horrific-at once a
scathing social satire, moralistic fable, and psychological
study.
List of Contents:
Introduction to Nikolai Gogol
Book 1: The Overcoat
Book 2: Taras Bulba
Book 3: St. John's Eve
Book 4: The Nose
Book 5: The Mysterious Portrait
Book 6: The Calash
This is a dual-language book with the Russian text on the left
side, and the English text on the right side of each spread. The
texts are precisely synchronized. Fragments of Dead Souls' second
volume, which Gogol burnt shortly before his death, are not
included in this edition. See more details about this and other
books on Russian Novels in Russian and English page on Facebook.
Nikolai Gogol was an artist who, like Rabelais, Cervantes, Swift,
and Sterne, "knew how to walk upside down in our valley of sorrows
so as to make it to a merry place." This two-volume edition at last
brings all of Gogol's fiction (except his novel" 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."--Rene Wellek, Yale University
A new translation offers thirteen satirical and fantastic stories
of downtrodden characters who are set upon by the powers that be.
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Dead Souls (Paperback)
D. J. Hogarth; Introduction by John Cournos; Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
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R409
Discovery Miles 4 090
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Dead Souls (Paperback)
D. J. Hogarth; Edited by Vincent Kelvin; Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
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R540
Discovery Miles 5 400
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Dead Souls (Paperback)
D. J. Hogarth; Introduction by John Cournos; Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
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R447
Discovery Miles 4 470
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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION TARAS BULBA CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII ST. JOHN'S EVE THE CLOAK HOW THE
TWO IVANS QUARRELLED CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII THE MYSTERIOUS PORTRAIT PART I
PART II THE CALASH
CONTENTS PREFACE THE MANTLE THE NOSE MEMOIRS OF A MADMAN A MAY
NIGHT THE VIY
Contents INTRODUCTION CHARACTERS OF THE PLAY DIRECTIONS FOR ACTORS
THE INSPECTOR-GENERAL ACT I ACT II ACT III ACT IV ACT V LAST SCENE
SILENT SCENE
This version of A Government Inspector is a Yorkshire take on
Gogol's 1836 fantastical Russian satire. The setting is here
transposed to a small northern town in the twenty-first century.
Deborah McAndrew's version of A Government Inspector goes beyond
literal translation, but is absolutely faithful to Gogol's stated
intention to peel away the surface layers of ordinary people and
expose the corruption beneath. It's exuberant, brilliantly witty
and original, and audiences will revel in the references to
government officials' expenses claims and women's beach volley
ball...Northern Broadsides, one of the country's finest and
best-loved touring theatre companies, breathes life and vigour into
this nearly 200-year-old story.Absurdly funny, clever and strangely
familiar, this feels to be the next One Man Two Guvnors. The
production premieres at Harrogate Theatre from 7 - 22 September
before embarking on an English national tour until December 1st.
According to John Cournos, "Taras Bulba" is the finest epic in
Russian literature and helped Gogol to influence Russian literature
for generations. Ernest Hemingway called Taras Bulba "One of the 10
greatest books of all time." Gogol has written in "Taras Bulba" his
own reproach to the nineteenth century. It is sad and joyous like
one of those Ukrainian songs which have helped to inspire him to
write it. The story is rich in adventure, battle scenes and touches
of Gogol's humor. The other 5 stories included in this book are: -
St. John's Eve - The Cloak - How the Two Ivans Quarreled - The
Mysterious Portrait - The Calash
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