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The Diary of a Madman and Other Stories is a bizarre and colorful collection containing the finest short stories by the iconic Russian writer Nikolai Gogol. From the witty and Kafkaesque "The Nose", where a civil servant wakes up one day to find his nose missing, to the moving and evocative "The Overcoat", about a reclusive man whose only ambition is to replace his old, threadbare coat, Gogol gives us a unique take on the absurd.

Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in a provincial town with a bizarre but seductive proposition for local landowners. He proposes to buy the names of their serfs who have died but who are still registered on the census, saving their owners from paying tax on them. But what collateral will Chichikov receive for these "souls"?

Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in a provincial town and visits a succession of landowners to make each a strange offer. He proposes to buy the names of dead serfs still registered on the census, saving their owners from paying tax on them, and to use these "souls" as collateral to reinvent himself as a gentleman. In this ebullient masterpiece, Nikolai Gogol created a grotesque gallery of human types.

Sie erzählt die tragikomische Geschichte des kleinen Beamten Akakij Akakijewitsch, dessen Leben sich ganz um seine Arbeit dreht – bis der Kauf eines neuen Mantels plötzlich alles verändert. Was als unscheinbare Alltagsgeschichte beginnt, entwickelt sich zu einer tief bewegenden Erzählung über soziale Kälte, existenzielle Not und den verzweifelten Wunsch nach Anerkennung. Gogols Der Mantel wurde zur Inspirationsquelle für Schriftsteller wie Dostojewski, Kafka oder Nabokov – ein literarisches Meisterwerk zwischen Realismus, Satire und feinem Schrecken.

Ein Beamter aus Sankt Petersburg wacht eines Morgens auf – und stellt fest, dass seine Nase verschwunden ist. Noch unglaublicher: Die Nase führt plötzlich ein Eigenleben und tritt als hochrangiger Staatsbeamter auf. Gogol nutzt diese groteske Geschichte, um die Absurditäten des russischen Beamtentums, soziale Eitelkeit und den Verlust der persönlichen Identität satirisch zu entlarven.

In a small provincial town in Russia, the Governor and his officials are in a state of panic. Word has spread that a Government Inspector is on his way, prompting them to scramble to hide their corruption and incompetence. When a man arrives at the Inn refusing to pay for his meals, they jump to the conclusion that he must be the dreaded Inspector! Enter Khlestakov, a down-on-his-luck clerk from St. Petersburg who has lost all his money gambling. Desperate and confused, he tries to bully the Inns landlord into giving him free meals. But when the Governor confronts him, Khlestakovs penchant for...

Noche antes de Navidad en la idílica aldea ucraniana de Dikanka. La kutiá y el vodka ya están en la mesa, y los jóvenes van de puerta en puerta cantando las koliadki. Todo está listo para la Nochebuena, pero el diablo hará de las suyas… Decide robar la...

מבחר מסיפוריו המוקדמים של ניקולאי גוגול, שבחרה ותרגמה כלת פרס ישראל נילי מירסקי, רואה כעת אור במהדורה מחודשת, במלאת שנה למותה. את הסיפורים הללו כתב גוגול בצעירותו...

Since its publication in 1842, Dead Souls has been celebrated as a supremely realistic portrait of provincial Russian life and as a splendidly exaggerated tale; as a paean to the Russian spirit and as a remorseless satire of imperial Russian venality, vulgarity, and pomp. As Gogol's wily antihero, Chichikov, combs the back country wheeling and dealing for "dead souls"—deceased serfs who still represent money to anyone sharp enough to trade in them—we are introduced to a Dickensian cast of peasants, landowners, and conniving petty officials.

From sweeping tales of war and philosophy to darkly comic journeys through bureaucracy and haunting visions of dystopia, this collection gathers some of the most profound and provocative works ever written. Each novel offers a unique window into the complexities of the human condition, set against the backdrop of Russia's rich and turbulent history.

Dive into the world of celebrated Ukrainian-born author Nikolai Gogol, whose collection of vividly grotesque and fantastical tales will leave you both captivated and unsettled. These stories delve into themes of death, madness, ghosts, and the absurdity of bureaucracy, all woven together with a sharp, dark humor that highlights the tragic nature of human existence. (Summary by Ben Tucker)

El capote, escrito por Nikolái Gógol entre los años 1839 y 1841, y publicado en 1842, nos presenta uno de los más conmovedores personajes de la Literatura: Akaki Akákievich Bashmachkin, un funcionario de la escala más baja de la administración...

Using, or rather mimicking, traditional forms of storytelling, Gogol created stories that are complete within themselves and only tangentially connected to a meaning or moral. His work belongs to the school of invention, where each twist and turn of the narrative is a surprise unfettered by obligation to an overarching theme.

"The Nose" is the second best known story of Gogol, after "The Overcoat". A military major discovers his nose is missing and works to recover it. He finds the nose but it pretends to have a life of its own, as a fellow human. It in fact has a higher rank than the Major himself. The Major is perplexed, goes back to his apartment, and has the nose returned to him. With great joy he recovers his nose, only to find it won't reattach to his face. After much going on, he finds the nose reattached to his face.

The story centers on an impoverished clerk who is dedicated to his job as a routine copyist but not recognized for his hard work. Younger clerks mock him for his dedication. His threadbare overcoat is mocked as well. He saves up to buy a new one and wears it for one glorious evening, only to have it stolen that night. He dies soon after from his great loss. Thereafter, his ghost is reported to haunt that part of St. Petersburg where the coat was stolen.

Klassischer Humor, mit einem Augenzwinkern dargereicht in Form von Kurzgeschichte, Novelle oder Komödie! 10 Meisterwerke der Literatur! Mit dabei: Der gestohlene Kaktus (K. Capek), Die 1 Million Dollar Pfundnote, Adams Tagebuch (M. Twain), Die Nase (N. Gogol), Frauen sind eitel. Männer? Nie! (K.

Included: The Apparition Of Mrs. Veal by Daniel Defoe, Alice Addertongue by Benjamin Franklin, The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving, Prosper Mérimée by Mateo Falcone, Napoleon And The Spectre by Charlotte Bronte, The Mortal Immortal by Mary Shelley, Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Dr. Heidegger's Experiment by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol, The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask Of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe, An Honest Thief by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Frog by Edgar Allan Poe, The Knitted Collar by Mary Anne Hoare.

The Russian novel has a reputation that is immense, both in narrative and in length. Unquestionably though the ideas, themes and characters make many novels rightly revered as world class, as icons of literature. The Russian short story is, in many respects, in a genre of its own. It is at its captivating best whether it’s an exploration of real-life experiences, through fantasy and fables and on to total absurdity.

In this series we explore the many facets of love through literary talents that span both time and country. Love is good. It’s positive, a source of joy, nourishment and all over goodness. But sometimes other more malevolent forces come to play. They infect that love, they see their form as better. Instinctively we would shy away but sometimes its pull is too powerful, almost attractive. We are drawn closer into the shadows.

In this series we explore the many facets of love through literary talents that span both time and country. There are times when love is not a revelation and a calling from one soul to another but a carefully navigated path, or maybe a badly chosen path that decimates happiness. Which way will our literary leviathans take us? Inevitably it will be more than one.