Selected Stories of Nikolai Gogol

<p class=ql-align-justify>As enigmatic as he was influential Nikolai Gogol is commonly referred to as the father Russian realism. <em>Selected Stories of Nikolai Gogol</em> draws from stories set in Ukraine and St. Petersburg. Included are The Fair at Sorochintsï first published in <em>Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka</em> the short story collection that launched Gogol's career and made him famous overnight; The Viy a horror novella; The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich one of Gogol's most humorous stories; and his most well-known tales: The Diary of a Madman The Nose and The Overcoat which Nabokov called the greatest Russian short story ever written. This unique Warbler Press edition includes an illuminating afterword by Patrick Maxwell and a biographical timeline.</p><p><br></p>