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  • The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol

    by Nikolai Gogol ...
    Translated by Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky ...
    Series series Vintage Classics
    “A superb new translation” (The New Yorker) of stories that allow readers to experience the unmistakable genius of a writer who paved the way for Dostoevsky and Kafka.When Nikolai Gogol left his Ukrainian village in 1828 to seek his fortune in St. Petersburg, he began composing these marvelous stories—tales that combine the wide-eyed, credulous imagination of the peasant with the sardonic social ... Read more

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  • Thomas Seltzer

    by Nikolai Gogol ...
    A small Russian town is a corrupt mess: prisoners aren't being fed, invalids are left to die, trash piles up against monuments, the courthouse is being used to hold livestock, and all the officials are taking bribes. But suddenly everybody is put on alert by the news that an Inspector General from the central government is due to arrive, incognito—and when it's discovered that a suspicious young ... Read more

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  • The Complete Novels of Nikolai Gogol

    by Nikolai Gogol ...
    In a world where ordinary life can become strangely absurd, the most revealing truths often emerge through laughter. Explore the imaginative and often unsettling literary world of Nikolai Gogol, a major figure in Russian literature whose writing blends satire, psychological insight, grotesque humor, and the uncanny. The Complete Novels of Nikolai Gogol invites readers into stories where ordinary ... Read more

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  • The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol

    by Nikolai Gogol ...
    Nikolai Gogol, an early 19th century Ukrainian-born Russian novelist, humorist, and dramatist, created some of the most important works of world literature and is considered the father of modern Russian realism. Gogol satirized the corrupt bureaucracy of the Russian Empire through the scrupulous and scathing realism of his writing, which would ultimately lead to his exile. Among some of his finest ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

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  • Dead Souls

    by Nikolai Gogol ...
    Translated by Bernard Guilbert Guerney ...
    Gogol's 1842 novel Dead Souls, a comic masterpiece about a mysterious con man and his grotesque victims, is one of the major works of Russian literature. It was translated into English in 1942 by Bernard Guilbert Guerney; the translation was hailed by Vladimir Nabokov as "an extraordinarily fine piece of work" and is still considered the best translation of Dead Souls ever published. Long out of ... Read more

    $15.59 USD

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    Peacock

    by Nikolai Leskov ...
    Narrated by Gerry Seymour ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 15 min

    A strange and tragic story by one of the best Russian storytellers - a beautifully and powerfully written drama of misguided people brought together at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and for all the wrong reasons. ... Read more

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  • Dead Souls

    by Nikolai Gogol ...
    Dead Souls is eloquent on some occasions, lyrical on others, and pious and reverent elsewhere. Nicolai Gogol was a master of the spoof. The American students of today are not the only readers who have been confused by him. Russian literary history records more divergent interpretations of Gogol than perhaps of any other classic. ... Read more

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  • Dead Souls

    A Novel

    by Nikolai Gogol ...
    Series series Vintage Classics
    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 ... Read more

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  • The Government Inspector: New Translation

    by Nikolai Gogol ...
    Translated by Roger Cockrell ...
    The mayor and local officials of a small provincial town in Russia have got it made: corruption is rife and they have all the power. Yet, when they learn that an undercover government inspector is about to make a visit, they face a mad dash to cover their tracks. Soon, the news that a suspicious person has recently arrived from St Petersburg and is staying in a local inn produces a series of ... Read more

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  • How the Steel Was Tempered

    by Nikolai Ostrovsky ...
    “How the Steel Was Tempered” is a socialist realist novel written by Nikolai Ostrovsky (1904–1936). With 36.4 million copies sold, it is one of the best-selling books of all time and the best-selling book in the Russian language. The story follows the life of Pavel Korchagin, including his fighting in and aftermath of the Russian Civil War when he fought for the Bolsheviks during the war and was ... Read more

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  • The Enchanted Wanderer

    and Other Stories

    by Nikolai Leskov ...
    Translated by Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky ...
    Series series Vintage Classics
    Written over the course of Leskov’s career, each story in The Enchanted Wanderer elucidates the very essence of the human condition; themes of love, despair, loneliness, and revenge are explored against the backdrop of nineteenth-century working-class Russia. Leskov deftly layers social satire and subtle criticism atop myth and fable, resulting in a richly entertaining collection.BONUS MATERIAL: ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    False Impressions

    by Sandra Nikolai ...
    Narrated by Kelli Tager ...
    Series Audiobook 1 - Megan Scott/Michael Elliott Mystery

    Unabridged

    10 hours 6 min

    Her cheating husband was murdered and she’s the prime suspect. Proving her innocence is one thing; evading a killer who wants her dead is something else.BETRAYAL. JEALOUSY. REVENGE.Montreal ghostwriter Megan Scott falls under police suspicion when her husband and a female companion are found murdered. In what a Québec detective calls a crime of passion, startling evidence surfaces to implicate ... Read more

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