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Plays and Petersburg Tales: Petersburg Tales, Marriage, The Government Inspector
Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol
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Description for Plays and Petersburg Tales: Petersburg Tales, Marriage, The Government Inspector
Paperback. Editor(s): Peace, Richard. Translator(s): English, Christopher. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 278.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199555062
SKU
V9780199555062
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About Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol
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.
Reviews for Plays and Petersburg Tales: Petersburg Tales, Marriage, The Government Inspector
the editions deserve great credit for the enthusiasm of their approach ... The introductions by eminent scholars put the thoughts of the author and the history of the time into clear perspective. Oxford should be given credit for making the classics accessible for all rather than just crib notes for students.
Jonathan Copeland, Lincolnshire Echo
Jonathan Copeland, Lincolnshire Echo