Written in the 1830s and early 1840s, these comic stories tackle life behind the cold and elegant façade of the Imperial capital from the viewpoints of various characters, such as a collegiate assessor who one day finds that his nose has detached itself from his face and risen the ranks to become a state councillor (‘The Nose’), a painter and a lieutenant whose romantic pursuits meet with contrasting degrees of success (‘Nevsky Prospect’) and a lowly civil servant whose existence desperately unravels when he loses his prized new coat (‘The Overcoat’). Also including the ‘Diary of Madman’, these Petersburg Tales paint a critical yet hilarious portrait of a city riddled with pomposity and self-importance, masterfully juxtaposing nineteenth-century realism with madcap surrealism, and combining absurdist farce with biting satire.
| ISBN: | 9781847493491 |
| Publication date: | 15th March 2014 |
| Author: | Nikolai Gogol |
| Publisher: | Alma Classics an imprint of Alma Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 192 pages |
| Series: | Evergreens |
| Genres: |
Classics Translated Fiction Shorter Reads Satirical fiction and parodies |