“Every crease is a story.”

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1809–1852
Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (Russian: Николай Васильевич Гоголь; Ukrainian: Микола Васильович Гоголь) (31 March [O.S. 19 March] 1809 – 4 March [O.S. 21 February] 1852) was a Ukrainian-born Russian novelist, humourist, and dramatist
He is considered the father of modern Russian realism. His early works, such as Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka, were heavily influenced by his Ukrainian upbringing and identity. His more mature writing satirised the corrupt bureaucracy of the Russian Empire, leading to his exile. On his return, he immersed himself in the Orthodox Church. The novels *Taras Bul'ba* (1835; 1842 [revised edition]) and *Dead Souls* (1842), the play *The Inspector-General* (1836, 1842), and the short stories *Diary of a Madman*, *The Nose* and *The Overcoat* (1842) are among his best known works. With their scrupulous and scathing realism, ethical criticism as well as philosophical depth, they remain some of the most important works of world literature.
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Prentice Hall Literature--World Masterpieces
Burton Beers, Anna Ahkmatova & others

Dead Souls
Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Gogolʹ

Best Russian short stories
Thomas Seltzer, Антон Павлович Чехов & others, 1917

Short stories
Nikolái Gógol, 1845

The Inspector General
Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Gogolʹ, 1892

Shinelʹ
Nikolai Gogol, 1923

Taras Bulba
Nikolai Gogol, 1877

The collected tales of Nikolai Gogol
Nikolai Gógol

The Overcoat and Other Short Stories
Nikolai Gogol

The Diary of a Madman and Other Stories
Nikolái Gogol

The Overcoat and the Nose
Nikolai Gogol

Diary of a Madman, the Government Inspector and Selected Stories
Nikolai Gógol

Forms of the Novella
David H. Richter, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Gogolʹ & others

Overcoat
Nikolai Gogol

Racconti di Pietroburgo
Nikolai Gogol

Diary of a Madman
Nikolái Gogol
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Great Short Stories of the World [30 stories]
Lois Hill, Washington Irving & others

Isaac Asimov presents the best fantasy of the 19th century
Isaac Asimov, Charles G. Waugh & others

Petersburg tales
Nikolai Gogol

Mirgorod
Nikolai Gogol, 1929

Gogol
Nikolái Gogol

Letters of Nikolai Gogol
Nikolai Gogol

The Overcoat, and Other Tales of Good and Evil
Nikolai Gogol

The mantle
Nikolai Gogol

Tales of Good and Evil
Nikolai Gogol

Arabesques
Nikolai Gogol

Evenings near Dikanka ; and, Mirgorod
Nikolai Gogol
Nos.
Nikolái Gógol

Nose
Nikolaï Gogol

The Government Inspector;
Nikolai Gógol

Mertvye dushi - Мертвые души
Nikolái Gogol

Dagboek van een gek en andere verhalen
Nikolái Gógol

Almas Mortas
Николай Васильевич Гоголь & 3

Collected Tales and Plays
Nikolai Gogol

The theater of Nikolay Gogol
Nikolai Gogol

Evenings near the village of Dikanka
Nikolai Gogol

Evenings in little Russia
Nikolai Gogol, 1903

Marriage
Nikolai Gogol

Palto
Nikolai Gogol

Nochebuena
Nikolai Gógol
Anime Morte
Nikolái Gogol
Diário de Um Louco
Nikolaï Gogol

Four Great Russian Plays
Антон Павлович Чехов & Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

And the Earth Will Sit on the Moon
Николай Васильевич Гоголь & Oliver Ready
The Overcoat and Other Stories
Nikolái Gógol, 1923
Nikolai Gogol's Dead souls
Nikolai Gogol

Les âmes mortes
Nikolai Gógol
Dead Souls - Reavey Translation Background & Sources Essays in Criticism (Nce)
Nikolái Gogol
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