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The Diary of a Madman and Other Stories - Nikolai Gogol, Priscilla Meyer, Andrew R. McAndrew
The Diary of a Madman and Other Stories
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Some call him a Russian Mark Twain. And with his special blend of comedy, social commentary, and fantasy, Nikolai Gogol paved the way for his countrymen Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. This sampling of Gogol’s works includes the increasingly fantastic entries of “The Diary of a Madman,” followed by the... show more
Some call him a Russian Mark Twain. And with his special blend of comedy, social commentary, and fantasy, Nikolai Gogol paved the way for his countrymen Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. This sampling of Gogol’s works includes the increasingly fantastic entries of “The Diary of a Madman,” followed by the wonderfully surrealistic “The Nose,” in which the title character embarks on some unlikely activities when separated from its owner’s face. In “The Carriage,” a pompous landowner gets his comeuppance when he attempts to impress a general. Rounding out the collection are the woefully comic tale of a clerk’s acquisition of “The Overcoat” and the celebrated novella “Taras Bulba” about the Ukrainian mythic hero said to have led a bloody Cossack revolt against the Poles. Translated by Priscilla Meyer and Andrew R. McAndrewWith a New Introductionand an Afterword by Priscilla Meyer
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780451418562 (0451418565)
Publisher: Signet Classics
Pages no: 258
Edition language: English
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5.0 Diary of A Madman
bookshelves: slavic, fraudio, amusing Read in November, 2009 A civil servant's dull existence is transformed when he overhears two dogs talking. With Griff Rhys Jones. From Broadcast on:BBC Radio 7, 8:30am Tuesday 24th November 2009
Edward
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5.0 The Diary of a Madman, The Government Inspector, and Selected Stories (Penguin Classics)
ChronologyIntroductionFurther ReadingTable of Ranks--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 InspectorPublishing History and Notes
REALJimBob
REALJimBob rated it
I never really thought of myself as a 'Russian Literature' kind of guy. But this was another one of those books that my father bought me, during my university years, when he was, I assume, trying to improve me (I have since realised that this was a regular enough occurrence to create a shelf, father...
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it
5.0
A civil servant's dull existence is transformed when he overhears two dogs talking. With Griff Rhys Jones. From Broadcast on:BBC Radio 7, 8:30am Tuesday 24th November 2009http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p2hb2/Three_Ivans_Two_Aunts_and_an_Overcoat_The_Diary_of_a_Madman/
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