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Plays and Petersburg Tales: Petersburg Tales, Marriage, the Government Inspector
Plays and Petersburg Tales: Petersburg Tales, Marriage, the Government Inspector

Plays and Petersburg Tales: Petersburg Tales, Marriage, the Government Inspector

Author: 
Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol; Christopher English; Richard Peace
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In these tales Gogol guides us through the elegant streets of St Petersburg, the city erected by force and ingenuity on the marshes of the Neva estuary. Something of the deception and violence of the city's creation seems to lurk beneath its harmonious facade, however, and it confounds its inhabitants with false dreams and absurd visions - 'nothing is what it seems!' warns Gogol. St Petersburg is also the setting for Marriage, Gogol's satire on courtship and cowardice. Finally, for The Government Inspector, indisputably Russia's greatest comedy, we move to the provinces although even here St Petersburg's preoccupation with status and appearances makes its presence felt.

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Index: 

Nevsky Prospect
The Nose
The Portrait
The Overcoat
The Carriage
Diary of a Madman

About the author: 

Christopher English is a translator for the UN; Richard Peace is Professor Emeritus of Russian at the University of Bristol. Together they collaborated on Village Evenings near Dikanka and Mirgorad.

Product details

ISBN : 9780199555062

Author: 
Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol; Christopher English; Richard Peace
Pages
400 Pages
Format
Paperback
Size
131 x 196 mm
Pub date
Oct 2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
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Plays and Petersburg Tales: Petersburg Tales, Marriage, the Government Inspector

Plays and Petersburg Tales: Petersburg Tales, Marriage, the Government Inspector

Plays and Petersburg Tales: Petersburg Tales, Marriage, the Government Inspector