Nikolai: 339 books

Nikolai Gogol was talented enough to catch the notice of not just his contemporaries but his government. Considered one of Russias greatest writers during his day, Gogols The Nose is considered one of Gogols most famous works, a bizarre short story about seemingly nothing that nevertheless embodies the...

Ten of the greatest authors of all time present their great works in the short story genre. A great compilation of tales for all tastes with the  great geniuses of literature in his most acclaimed works.  This selection specially chosen by the literary critic  August Nemo, contains the following...

Sometimes you want to read in French. Sometimes you want to read in English. There’s a great option: bilingual books! Bilingual, or dual-language books, are books in which text appears side-by-side in both the target language and English. These are some of the French books to enjoy since you can...

One of five beloved Christmas classics Written in 1831 by the father of Russian literature, this uproarious tale tells of the blacksmith Vakula’s battle with the devil, who has stolen the moon and hidden it in his pocket, allowing him to wreak havoc on the village of Dikanka. Both the devil...

Based on Slavic superstitions of the "midnight dead”, Nikolai Gogol's classic horror story VIY (1835) serves up a macabre mixture of demons, witches, exorcisms and Satanic pacts. VIY was the inspiration for Mario Bava's classic gothic horror film The Mask Of The Demon (1960).

Classic short story. According to Wikipedia: "Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol ( 1809 - 1852) was a Russian writer of Ukrainian ethnicity. Although his early works were heavily influenced by his Ukrainian upbringing and identity, he wrote in Russian and his works belong to the tradition of Russian literature;...

Dead Souls is a novel written by Russian-Ukrainian dramatist, novelist and short story writer Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol in 1842. The novel is regarded as exemplar of 19th century Russian literature. The novel was created to demonstrate flaws of the Russian mentality and character. Those faults are...

Nikolai Gogol, an early 19th century Ukrainian-born Russian novelist, humorist, and dramatist, considered the father of modern Russian realism, created some of the most important works of Russian literature. Gogol satirized the corrupt bureaucracy of the Russian Empire through the scrupulous and scathing...

Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol 31 March 1809 – 4 March 1852) was a Ukrainian-born Russian dramatist, novelist and short story writer. Considered by his contemporaries one of the preeminent figures of the natural school of Russian literary realism, later critics have found in Gogol's work a fundamentally...

Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (1809 – 1852) was a Russian dramatist of Ukrainian origin. Although Gogol was considered by his contemporaries to be one of the preeminent figures of the natural school of Russian literary realism, later critics have found in his work a fundamentally romantic sensibility,...

The Government Inspector , also known as The Inspector General, is a satirical work by the Russian dramatist and novelist Nikolai Gogol.  Originally published in 1836, the play was revised for an 1842 edition. Based upon an anecdote allegedly recounted to Gogol by Pushkin, the play is a comedy...

Dead Souls is a book by Nikolai Gogol, first published in 1842, and widely regarded as an exemplar of 19th-century Russian literature. The purpose of the novel was to demonstrate the flaws and faults of the Russian mentality and character. Gogol masterfully portrayed those defects through Paul Ivanovitch...

Life in Sofia, Bulgaria, in the late 1980s is bleak and controlled. The oppressive Communist regime bears down on all aspects of people’s lives much like the granite sky overhead. In the crumbling old building that hosts the Sofia Music School for the Gifted, inflexible and unsentimental apparatchiks...

With a new subject and scriptural index, as well as a short abstract on Nikolai Gogol as a religious personality, this reedited commentary on the Divine Liturgy—the primary public worship service of the Orthodox Church—is as practical as it is mystical. Gogol, one of the most prominent Russian...