Village Evenings Near Dikanka ; And, Mirgorod

Village Evenings Near Dikanka ; And, Mirgorod PDF Author: Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Gogolʹ
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 500

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Hailed universally as Russia's finest comic writer, and by many as its greatest writer of prose, Nikolai creates a unique Ukranian world, from the darkest Gothic to folkloric levity. Here, this extraordinary countryside is revealed in all its variety in his first two collections of short stories. The only translation available of this cycle of stories, this edition captures fully the spirit and vigor of his important early work for the first time.

Village Evenings Near Dikanka ; And, Mirgorod

Village Evenings Near Dikanka ; And, Mirgorod PDF Author: Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Gogolʹ
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 500

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Hailed universally as Russia's finest comic writer, and by many as its greatest writer of prose, Nikolai creates a unique Ukranian world, from the darkest Gothic to folkloric levity. Here, this extraordinary countryside is revealed in all its variety in his first two collections of short stories. The only translation available of this cycle of stories, this edition captures fully the spirit and vigor of his important early work for the first time.

Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka

Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka PDF Author: Nikolai Gogol
Publisher: Newcomb Livraria Press
ISBN: 3989884379
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 285

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This is a new translation from the original Russian manuscript of Gogol's collection "Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka"". This edition contains an Afterword by the Translator, a timeline of Gogol's life and works and an Index of Gogol's individual works. A collection of short stories set in the Ukrainian countryside, this work is infused with local folklore, traditions, and supernatural elements. Gogol's vivid characters and picturesque landscapes reflect his deep appreciation for his homeland's spirit. The stories are presented as being related by a fictional beekeeper. Sorochinskaya fair The evening before Ivan Kupala May Night, or the Drowned Woman The Lost Letter Christmas Eve Terrible revenge Ivan Fedorovich Shponka and his aunt An Enchanted place

Mirgorod

Mirgorod PDF Author: Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 296

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Mirgorod

Mirgorod PDF Author: Nikolai Vasil'evich Gogol'
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Category : Ukraine
Languages : en
Pages : 275

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Mirgorod

Mirgorod PDF Author: Николай Васильевич Гоголь
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Category : Russia
Languages : en
Pages : 304

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Mirgorod ; Being a Continuation of "Evenings in a Village Near Dikanka"

Mirgorod ; Being a Continuation of Author: Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Gogolʹ
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Languages : en
Pages : 295

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Mirgorod

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Category : Ukraine
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Mirgorod: being a continuation fo Evenings in a village near Dikanka

Mirgorod: being a continuation fo Evenings in a village near Dikanka PDF Author: Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Gogolʹ
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Languages : en
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Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve PDF Author: Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Gogolʹ
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ISBN: 9785050034106
Category : Ukraine
Languages : en
Pages : 422

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Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka

Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka PDF Author: Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Gogolʹ
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Category : Short stories, Russian
Languages : en
Pages : 310

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"In the autumn of 1831, some easter from the Poltava province issued a book under the tantalizing title "Evenings on a farm near Dikanka". The simple-hearted villager, as if in a frightened way, recommended to the enlightened public four fantastic stories allegedly told at gatherings in his modest hut. "This is real gaiety, sincere, unconstrained, without cheating, without being stiff. In some places, what poetry! What sensitivity!"--So welcomed the new book Pushkin. He knew that, under the mask of an old farmer, a twenty-two-year-old writer is hiding, happily inventing and colorful characters (daring dudes, dazzling marvels, stubborn old men, angry women, mermaids, witches, devils - in a word, all sorts of people and nonhumans), and funny storytellers, and the collector himself invariably "truthful" nonsense - Rudy Pank. Nowadays the name of the writer "Evenings ..." is known to all, in 1831, very few knew him. But among them were two great poets - Zhukovsky ..." --Vasha Kniga