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"May Night, or the Drowned Maiden" is the third tale in the collection Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka by Nikolai Gogol. It was made into the opera May Night by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1878-1879 and also a Ukrainian setting by Mykola Lysenko. This story comes from the unnamed... Read Full Overview

"A May Night" from Nikolai Gogol. Ukrainian-born Russian writer (1809-1851).

Rare edition with unique illustrations and elegant classic cream paper. Majskaja noch', ili Utoplennica - odna iz samyh skazochnyh i charujushhih povestej N. V. Gogolja iz ego sbornika Vechera na hutore bliz Dikan'ki. Prekrasnye, pronizannye duhom ukrainskogo fol'klora illjustracii... Read Full Overview

Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (31 March 1809 - 4 March 1852) was a Ukrainian-born Russian dramatist, novelist and short story writer. Considered by his contemporaries one of the preeminent figures of the natural school of Russian literary realism, later critics have found in Gogol's... Read Full Overview

Majskaja noch', ili Utoplennica - odna iz samyh skazochnyh i charujushhih povestej N. V. Gogolja iz ego sbornika Vechera na hutore bliz Dikan'ki. Prekrasnye, pronizannye duhom ukrainskogo fol'klora illjustracii sozdajut nepovtorimyj kolorit volshebnoj skazki. Nesomnenno, i vzroslye,... Read Full Overview