Taras Bulba, and Other Tales

by Nikolai Gogol

Book Overview

Russian literature, so full of enigmas, contains no greater creative mystery than Nikolai Vasil'evich Gogol (1809-1852), who has done for the Russian novel and Russian prose what Pushkin has done for Russian poetry. Before these two men came Russian literature can hardly have been said to exist. It was pompous and effete with pseudo-classicism; foreign influences were strong; in the speech of the upper circles there was an over-fondness for German,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1514172828
• ISBN13: 9781514172827
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"