TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gogolʹ, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich
AU  - Gogolʹ,Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich
AU  - Gogolʹ,Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich
AU  - Gogolʹ,Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich
AU  - Gogolʹ,Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich
AU  - O'Brien, Dora
TI  - Petersburg tales
SN  - 9781847493491
AV  - PG3333 .A6 2014
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Richmond, Surrey
PB  - Alma Classics
KW  -  Gogolʹ, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich
KW  - Russian fiction
KW  - Translations into English
N1  - Nevsky prospect -- The nose -- The overcoat -- Diary of a madman
N2  - 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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