Nikolai Gogol: 198 books

Presented here in a brand-new translation, Dead Souls is one of the funniest and most brilliant novels of nineteenth-century Russia. A mysterious stranger named Chichikov arrives in a small provincial Russian town and proceeds to visit a succession of landowners, making each of them an unusual and...

Ce livre numérique présente «VIÏ», de Nicolas Gogol, édité en texte intégral. Une table des matières dynamique permet d'accéder directement aux différentes sections.

The corrupt officials of a small Russian town, headed by the Mayor, react with terror to the news that an incognito inspector (the revizor) will soon be arriving in their town to investigate them. Based upon an anecdote allegedly recounted to Gogol by Pushkin, the play is a comedy of errors, satirizing human greed, stupidity, and fear.

This collection contains: THE QUEEN OF SPADES A.S. Pushkin THE CLOAK N.V. Gogol THE DISTRICT DOCTOR I.S. Turgenev THE CHRISTMAS TREE AND THE WEDDING F.M. Dostoyevsky GOD SEES THE TRUTH, BUT WAITS L.N. Tolstoy HOW A MUZHIK FED TWO OFFICIALS M.Y. Saltykov THE SHADES, A PHANTASY V.G. Korolenko THE SIGNAL...

One of the most famous comedies in world theatre, Gogol's masterpiece has lost none of its bite. In a small town corruption is rife, and the Mayor and his cronies have got it made. So when they learn they are going to be subject to an undercover government inspection they panic. Mistaking a penniless...

La perspective Nevsky est d'abord un passionnant documentaire sur la capitale impériale au début du XIXe siecle, les variations de sa physionomie sociale au cours de la journée, les comédies et les drames qui s'y jouent a ciel ouvert. Mais, sous son pittoresque, la ville est trompeuse, maléfique...

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,...

L'écriture du Nez débute en 1832 et s'acheve en 1835. La nouvelle est d'abord refusée comme « sale et triviale » par L'Observateur moscovite, avant d'etre publiée, en 1836, par la revue littéraire Le Contemporain, avec une présentation d'Alexandre Pouchkine. Dans ses Ouvres completes, parues...

Es sind wunderliche Sachen, die vor der städtischen Kulisse St. Petersburgs geschehen: Hunde, die eine Briefkorrespondenz führen, eine Nase auf freiem Fuß, ein spukender Mantel Gogols literarische Welt ist grotesk, er verfremdet das, was uns eigentlich vertraut ist. Gegenstände werden personifiziert,...

"Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka" and "Mirgorod" by the brilliant genius of Gogol, for many years remain popular with many generations of readers. Bright and passionate story "Taras Bulba", which is part of the collection "Mirgorod" repeatedly filmed. The main theme of the story - a confrontation...

Iwan Iwanowitsch hat eine herrliche Pekesche (Anm.: eine Jacke mit Pelzbesatz)! Einfach wunderbar! Und dieser Astrachanbesatz! Zum Kuckuck, dieser Astrachanbesatz! Schwarzblau, und gleichsam weiß bereift! Ich zahle jeden beliebigen Betrag, wenn einer mir nachweisen kann, dass sonst noch irgendjemand...

Musaicum Books presents to you this unique collection, designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Content: H. P. Lovecraft: The Dunwich Horror. From Beyond… Washington Irving: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Rip Van Winkle The Spectre Bridegroom...

If you were looking for the Holy Bible of the horror anthologies, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! Cosmic horror, supernatural events, ghost stories, weird fiction, mystical fantasies, occult narratives, this book plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal...

A huge anthology of Russian writers containing over 100 beloved novels, essays, plays and stories (such as War and Peace, and Crime and Punishment). An active table of contents makes it easy to navigate to each work.Authors include:Anton CheckovFyodor DostoevskyNikolai GogolIvan GoncharovAlexander OstrovskyAlexander PushkinLeo TolstoyIvan Turgenev