THE COMPLETE GREATEST WORKS OF NIKOLAI GOGOL [Authoritative and Unabridged Edition for NOOK] The Greatest Russian Literary Masterpieces by Gogol, including DEAD SOULS, THE NOSE, THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR, NEVSKY PROSPEKT, THE OVERCOAT / THE CLOAK and More!
THE COMPLETE GREATEST WORKS OF NIKOLAI GOGOL
[Authoritative and Unabridged Edition for NOOK]
The Greatest Russian Literary Masterpieces by Gogol, including DEAD SOULS, THE NOSE, THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR, NEVSKY PROSPEKT, THE OVERCOAT / THE CLOAK and More!
PARTIAL TABLE OF CONTENTS
TARAS BULBA
DEAD SOULS
THE INSPECTOR-GENERAL A COMEDY IN FIVE ACTS
EVENINGS ON A FARM NEAR DIKANKA
THE VIY
HOW THE TWO IVANS QUARRELLED (The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich)
MEMOIRS OF A MADMAN
THE NOSE
THE CALASH
THE CLOAK / THE OVERCOAT
THE MYSTERIOUS PORTRAIT
EXCERPT FROM THE CLOAK / THE OVERCOAT
"There is nothing more irritable than departments, regiments, courts of justice, and, in a word, every branch of public service. Each individual attached to them nowadays thinks all society insulted in his person. Quite recently a complaint was received from a justice of the peace, in which he plainly demonstrated that all the imperial institutions were going to the dogs, and that the Czar’s sacred name was being taken in vain; and in proof he appended to the complaint a romance in which the justice of the peace is made to appear about once every ten lines, and sometimes in a drunken condition. Therefore, in order to avoid all unpleasantness, it will be better to describe the department in question only as a certain department.
So, in a certain department there was a certain official — not a very high one, it must be allowed — short of stature, somewhat pock-marked, red-haired, and short-sighted, with a bald forehead, wrinkled cheeks, and a complexion of the kind known as sanguine. The St. Petersburg climate was responsible for this. As for his official status, he was what is called a perpetual titular councillor, over which, as is well known, some writers make merry, and crack their jokes, obeying the praiseworthy custom of attacking those who cannot bite back.
His family name was Bashmatchkin. This name is evidently derived from “bashmak” (shoe); but when, at what time, and in what manner, is not known. His father and grandfather, and all the Bashmatchkins, always wore boots, which only had new heels two or three times a year. His name was Akakiy Akakievitch. It may strike the reader as rather singular and far-fetched, but he may rest assured that it was by no means far-fetched, and that the circumstances were such that it would have been impossible to give him any other.
This is how it came about."
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[Authoritative and Unabridged Edition for NOOK]
The Greatest Russian Literary Masterpieces by Gogol, including DEAD SOULS, THE NOSE, THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR, NEVSKY PROSPEKT, THE OVERCOAT / THE CLOAK and More!
PARTIAL TABLE OF CONTENTS
TARAS BULBA
DEAD SOULS
THE INSPECTOR-GENERAL A COMEDY IN FIVE ACTS
EVENINGS ON A FARM NEAR DIKANKA
THE VIY
HOW THE TWO IVANS QUARRELLED (The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich)
MEMOIRS OF A MADMAN
THE NOSE
THE CALASH
THE CLOAK / THE OVERCOAT
THE MYSTERIOUS PORTRAIT
EXCERPT FROM THE CLOAK / THE OVERCOAT
"There is nothing more irritable than departments, regiments, courts of justice, and, in a word, every branch of public service. Each individual attached to them nowadays thinks all society insulted in his person. Quite recently a complaint was received from a justice of the peace, in which he plainly demonstrated that all the imperial institutions were going to the dogs, and that the Czar’s sacred name was being taken in vain; and in proof he appended to the complaint a romance in which the justice of the peace is made to appear about once every ten lines, and sometimes in a drunken condition. Therefore, in order to avoid all unpleasantness, it will be better to describe the department in question only as a certain department.
So, in a certain department there was a certain official — not a very high one, it must be allowed — short of stature, somewhat pock-marked, red-haired, and short-sighted, with a bald forehead, wrinkled cheeks, and a complexion of the kind known as sanguine. The St. Petersburg climate was responsible for this. As for his official status, he was what is called a perpetual titular councillor, over which, as is well known, some writers make merry, and crack their jokes, obeying the praiseworthy custom of attacking those who cannot bite back.
His family name was Bashmatchkin. This name is evidently derived from “bashmak” (shoe); but when, at what time, and in what manner, is not known. His father and grandfather, and all the Bashmatchkins, always wore boots, which only had new heels two or three times a year. His name was Akakiy Akakievitch. It may strike the reader as rather singular and far-fetched, but he may rest assured that it was by no means far-fetched, and that the circumstances were such that it would have been impossible to give him any other.
This is how it came about."
THE COMPLETE GREATEST WORKS OF NIKOLAI GOGOL [Authoritative and Unabridged Edition for NOOK] The Greatest Russian Literary Masterpieces by Gogol, including DEAD SOULS, THE NOSE, THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR, NEVSKY PROSPEKT, THE OVERCOAT / THE CLOAK and More!
THE COMPLETE GREATEST WORKS OF NIKOLAI GOGOL
[Authoritative and Unabridged Edition for NOOK]
The Greatest Russian Literary Masterpieces by Gogol, including DEAD SOULS, THE NOSE, THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR, NEVSKY PROSPEKT, THE OVERCOAT / THE CLOAK and More!
PARTIAL TABLE OF CONTENTS
TARAS BULBA
DEAD SOULS
THE INSPECTOR-GENERAL A COMEDY IN FIVE ACTS
EVENINGS ON A FARM NEAR DIKANKA
THE VIY
HOW THE TWO IVANS QUARRELLED (The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich)
MEMOIRS OF A MADMAN
THE NOSE
THE CALASH
THE CLOAK / THE OVERCOAT
THE MYSTERIOUS PORTRAIT
EXCERPT FROM THE CLOAK / THE OVERCOAT
"There is nothing more irritable than departments, regiments, courts of justice, and, in a word, every branch of public service. Each individual attached to them nowadays thinks all society insulted in his person. Quite recently a complaint was received from a justice of the peace, in which he plainly demonstrated that all the imperial institutions were going to the dogs, and that the Czar’s sacred name was being taken in vain; and in proof he appended to the complaint a romance in which the justice of the peace is made to appear about once every ten lines, and sometimes in a drunken condition. Therefore, in order to avoid all unpleasantness, it will be better to describe the department in question only as a certain department.
So, in a certain department there was a certain official — not a very high one, it must be allowed — short of stature, somewhat pock-marked, red-haired, and short-sighted, with a bald forehead, wrinkled cheeks, and a complexion of the kind known as sanguine. The St. Petersburg climate was responsible for this. As for his official status, he was what is called a perpetual titular councillor, over which, as is well known, some writers make merry, and crack their jokes, obeying the praiseworthy custom of attacking those who cannot bite back.
His family name was Bashmatchkin. This name is evidently derived from “bashmak” (shoe); but when, at what time, and in what manner, is not known. His father and grandfather, and all the Bashmatchkins, always wore boots, which only had new heels two or three times a year. His name was Akakiy Akakievitch. It may strike the reader as rather singular and far-fetched, but he may rest assured that it was by no means far-fetched, and that the circumstances were such that it would have been impossible to give him any other.
This is how it came about."
[Authoritative and Unabridged Edition for NOOK]
The Greatest Russian Literary Masterpieces by Gogol, including DEAD SOULS, THE NOSE, THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR, NEVSKY PROSPEKT, THE OVERCOAT / THE CLOAK and More!
PARTIAL TABLE OF CONTENTS
TARAS BULBA
DEAD SOULS
THE INSPECTOR-GENERAL A COMEDY IN FIVE ACTS
EVENINGS ON A FARM NEAR DIKANKA
THE VIY
HOW THE TWO IVANS QUARRELLED (The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich)
MEMOIRS OF A MADMAN
THE NOSE
THE CALASH
THE CLOAK / THE OVERCOAT
THE MYSTERIOUS PORTRAIT
EXCERPT FROM THE CLOAK / THE OVERCOAT
"There is nothing more irritable than departments, regiments, courts of justice, and, in a word, every branch of public service. Each individual attached to them nowadays thinks all society insulted in his person. Quite recently a complaint was received from a justice of the peace, in which he plainly demonstrated that all the imperial institutions were going to the dogs, and that the Czar’s sacred name was being taken in vain; and in proof he appended to the complaint a romance in which the justice of the peace is made to appear about once every ten lines, and sometimes in a drunken condition. Therefore, in order to avoid all unpleasantness, it will be better to describe the department in question only as a certain department.
So, in a certain department there was a certain official — not a very high one, it must be allowed — short of stature, somewhat pock-marked, red-haired, and short-sighted, with a bald forehead, wrinkled cheeks, and a complexion of the kind known as sanguine. The St. Petersburg climate was responsible for this. As for his official status, he was what is called a perpetual titular councillor, over which, as is well known, some writers make merry, and crack their jokes, obeying the praiseworthy custom of attacking those who cannot bite back.
His family name was Bashmatchkin. This name is evidently derived from “bashmak” (shoe); but when, at what time, and in what manner, is not known. His father and grandfather, and all the Bashmatchkins, always wore boots, which only had new heels two or three times a year. His name was Akakiy Akakievitch. It may strike the reader as rather singular and far-fetched, but he may rest assured that it was by no means far-fetched, and that the circumstances were such that it would have been impossible to give him any other.
This is how it came about."
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THE COMPLETE GREATEST WORKS OF NIKOLAI GOGOL [Authoritative and Unabridged Edition for NOOK] The Greatest Russian Literary Masterpieces by Gogol, including DEAD SOULS, THE NOSE, THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR, NEVSKY PROSPEKT, THE OVERCOAT / THE CLOAK and More!
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BN ID: | 2940014794855 |
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Publisher: | The Complete Works Collection |
Publication date: | 06/05/2012 |
Series: | The Complete Works Collection , #24 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
Sales rank: | 214,288 |
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