Diary of a madman, the government inspector and selected stories / Nikolay Gogol ; translated with notes by Ronald Wilks ; with an introduction by Robert A. Maguire.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: Russian Series: Penguin classicsPublication details: London : Penguin, 2005.Description: xxxvi, 330 p. ; 20 cmISBN: - 0140449078 (pbk.)
- 9780140449075 (pbk.)
- Government inspector [Portion of title]
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Author, dramatist and satirist, Nikolay Gogol (1809-1852) deeply influenced later Russian literature with his powerful depictions of a society dominated by petty beaurocracy and base corruption. This volume includes both his most admired short fiction and his most famous drama. A biting and frequently hilarious political satire, The Government Inspector has been popular since its first performance and was regarded by Nabokov as the greatest Russian play every written. The stories gathered here, meanwhile, range from comic to tragic and describe the isolated lives of low-ranking clerks, lunatics and swindlers. They include Diary of a Madman, an amusing but disturbing exploration of insanity; Nevsky Prospect, a depiction of an artist besotted with a prostitute; and The Overcoat, a moving consideration of poverty that powerfully influenced Dostoevsky and later Russian literature.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxxi]-xxxiv).
Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and his aunt -- How Ivan Ivanovich quarrelled with Ivan Nikiforovich -- Nevsky Prospekt -- The nose -- The overcoat -- Diary of a madman -- The carriage -- The government inspector.
Translated from the Russian.