Petersburg tales / Nikolai Gogol ; translated by Dora O'Brien.

By:

Gogolʹ, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich, 1809-1852 [author]

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: Russian Original language: Russian Publication details: Richmond, Surrey : Alma Classics, 2014.Description: 184 pages ; 20 cmISBN:

9781847493491

Uniform titles:

Works. Selections. English. 2014

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

PG3333 .A6 2014

Contents:

Nevsky prospect -- The nose -- The overcoat -- Diary of a madman.

Summary: Written in the 1830s and early 1840s, these comic stories tackle life behind the cold and elegant façade of the Imperial capital from the viewpoints of various characters, such as a collegiate assessor who one day finds that his nose has detached itself from his face and risen the ranks to become a state councillor ('The Nose'), a painter and a lieutenant whose romantic pursuits meet with contrasting degrees of success ('Nevsky Prospect') and a lowly civil servant whose existence desperately unravels when he loses his prized new coat ('The Overcoat'). Also including the 'Diary of Madman', these Petersburg Tales paint a critical yet hilarious portrait of a city riddled with pomposity and self-importance, masterfully juxtaposing nineteenth-century realism with madcap surrealism, and combining absurdist farce with biting satire.

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Nevsky prospect -- The nose -- The overcoat -- Diary of a madman.

Written in the 1830s and early 1840s, these comic stories tackle life behind the cold and elegant façade of the Imperial capital from the viewpoints of various characters, such as a collegiate assessor who one day finds that his nose has detached itself from his face and risen the ranks to become a state councillor ('The Nose'), a painter and a lieutenant whose romantic pursuits meet with contrasting degrees of success ('Nevsky Prospect') and a lowly civil servant whose existence desperately unravels when he loses his prized new coat ('The Overcoat').

Also including the 'Diary of Madman', these Petersburg Tales paint a critical yet hilarious portrait of a city riddled with pomposity and self-importance, masterfully juxtaposing nineteenth-century realism with madcap surrealism, and combining absurdist farce with biting satire.

Text in English, translated from Russian.