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050 _aPG3333
_b.A6 2014
100 _aGogolʹ, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich
_d1809-1852
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_eauthor
240 1 0 _aWorks.
_kSelections.
_lEnglish.
_f2014
245 1 0 _aPetersburg tales
_c/ Nikolai Gogol ; translated by Dora O'Brien.
260 _aRichmond, Surrey :
_bAlma Classics,
_c2014.
300 _a184 pages ;
_c20 cm
505 _aNevsky prospect -- The nose -- The overcoat -- Diary of a madman.
520 _aWritten 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.
546 _aText in English, translated from Russian.
600 0 _a Gogolʹ, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich
_d1809-1852
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650 0 _aRussian fiction
_xTranslations into English
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700 1 _aGogolʹ, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich,
_d1809-1852.
_tNos.
_lEnglish.
700 1 _aGogolʹ, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich,
_d1809-1852.
_tShinelʹ.
_lEnglish.
700 1 _aGogolʹ, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich,
_d1809-1852.
_tNevskiĭ prospekt.
_lEnglish.
700 1 _aGogolʹ, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich,
_d1809-1852.
_tZapiski sumasshedshego.
_lEnglish.
700 _aO'Brien, Dora
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