About this title: "This new two-volume edition should do something for increasing Gogol's fame as the most original, imaginative, and exuberant of all Russian writers, as the greatest comedian and humorist among a rather solemn lot."--Rene Wellek, Yale University
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Chicago Press, Chicago
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780226300689ISBN:0226300684
Description: VG+. Both volumes 1 and 2 included here. Binding on both volumes are sturdy and clean, each are free of markings of any kind as well. (ISBNs 0226300684 & 0226300692) #29940. read more
Edition: Reprint.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Date Published: 1985
Description: Very good. No dust jacket. Vol 2 has hairline crease of spine, very minor extremity wear, light rubbing otherwise a near fine copy. 2 volume set. Includes bibliography. Glued Binding Trade Paper-Volumes 1 & 2 This two-volume edition at last brings all of Gogol's fiction (except his novel Dead Souls) together in paperback. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780226300689ISBN:0226300684
Description: New. This two-volume edition at last brings all of Gogol's fiction (except his novel Dead Souls) together in paperback. Volume one includes Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka, as well as 'Nevsky Prospekt' and 'Diary of a Madman'. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
ISBN-13:9780226300689ISBN:0226300684
Description: Good. 0226300684 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Description: Very good; Collectible. INSCRIBED BY EDITOR. Paperback-1985. Overall, the outer cover is very good. The front cover does have a crease across the lower 1/3 of the page. The spine is tight, straight and stiff. The top edge is dust-smudged, the other edges are slightly soiled. The text is bright, crisp and unmarked-NO HIGHLIGHTING. -We grade conservatively, package securely and ship immediately. Excellent customer service. Satisfaction guaranteed. read more
"This was my introduction to Gogol, and I am definitely interested in more. This collection of tales is exclusively made up of either stores that contain ghosts, devils, witches or the like, or stories that simply traffic in the absurd of human nature and behavior.
Gogol pulls each of these off beautifully, moving effortlessly between truly horrific passages on the one hand, and then over to deftly comic scenes on the other. This back and forth all takes place within events that we might call remarkable or out of the ordinary.
Gogol's approach, at least in these stories, was clarified for me at the end of one of his Petersburg Tales, The Nose. There, the narrator of the story speaks of events that are outside our abilities to explain. These kinds of stories seem pointless on their face, but in reality they force us to consider that the world might be beyond our comprehension, that it stretches beyond even our wildest imagination, and that there are things in this world that will doggedly defy our explanations.
In Gogol's time, at the height of Enlightenment thinking, and particularly as a Russian watching these ideas from Europe come pouring into his country, these stories would have been quite radical for the educated elite so captivated by Europe."
"This Pevear and Volokhonsky translation is absolutely wonderful and confirms what I'd felt for a while - the "The Nose" and "The Overcoat" are two of the bet damn stories EVER written, and without the bonds of the antiquated Penguin translations, these works absolutely sing and run at 75 m.p.h. through sorrow and humor and the general beastial nature of man. Though "The Story of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich" is quite masterful, I wasn't terribly into the Ukrainian tales (thus the 4 stars), although the mystical nature of them were clearly the foundation for the genius he wields in the Petersburg Tales."
By Elena,
Saint Petersburg, 66, Russian Federation
"(dont know which stories r included here) but n e way i like gogol a lot esp his ukrainian tales so "evenings on a farm near dikanka" r my fav except for "shponka" tale and "terrible vengeance", out of "mirgorod" tales i liked "viy" and "ivan i vs ivan n" and regarding "st pet tales" i liked "nose" and "overcoat", "diary of a madman" was also nice, oh and btw we have a nose monument here in st pet :)"
"This book is a great collection of Gogol's surrealist- flavored, dark- witted writing. "The Nose" is one of my favorite pieces of literature by virtue of its absurdity. Gogol makes pointed critiques of Russian society in the era in which he lived, in ways that are both sad and wildly hilarious to read about."
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