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"How dared you, in disregard of all decency, call me a goose?" This lesser-known work is perhaps the perfect distillation of Nikolai Gogol's genius: a tale simultaneously animated by a joyful, nearly slapstick sense of humor alongside a resigned cynicism about the human condition... Read Full Overview

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This story takes place in a bucolic small town of Mirgorod (Myrhorod in Ukrainian), written in the style featuring grotesque, realistic portrayals of the characters. The two Ivans are gentlemen landowners, neighbors and great friends, each one almost being the opposite image... Read Full Overview

Cette nouvelle voque la divertissante dispute de deux paysans ukrainiens, Ivan Ivanovitch et Ivan Nikiforovitch. Tableau vivant de la vie d'une petite ville de province, La Brouille des deux Ivan annonce d j les mes mortes, le chef-d'oeuvre de Gogol.

Nikolai W. Gogol: Die Geschichte vom gro en Krakeel zwischen Iwan Iwanowitsch und Iwan Nikiforowitsch Erstdruck: St. Peterburg, Verlag Smirdine, 1832. Hier in der bersetzung von Korfiz Holm, M nchen, Verlag A. Langen, 1925. Neuausgabe mit einer Biographie des Autors. Herausgegeben... Read Full Overview

Nikolai W. Gogol: Die Geschichte vom gro en Krakeel zwischen Iwan Iwanowitsch und Iwan Nikiforowitsch Erstdruck: St. Peterburg, Verlag Smirdine, 1832. Hier in der bersetzung von Korfiz Holm, M nchen, Verlag A. Langen, 1925. Neuausgabe mit einer Biographie des Autors. Herausgegeben... Read Full Overview

This story takes place in a bucolic small town of Mirgorod (Myrhorod in Ukrainian), written in the style featuring grotesque, realistic portrayals of the characters. The two Ivans are gentlemen landowners, neighbors and great friends, each one almost being the opposite image... Read Full Overview

A fine pelisse has Ivan Ivanovitch splendid And what lambskin deuce take it, what lambskin blue-black with silver lights. I'll forfeit, I know not what, if you find any one else owning such a one. Look at it, for heaven's sake, especially when he stands talking with any one... Read Full Overview

A fine pelisse has Ivan Ivanovitch splendid And what lambskin deuce take it, what lambskin blue-black with silver lights. I'll forfeit, I know not what, if you find any one else owning such a one. Look at it, for heaven's sake, especially when he stands talking with any one... Read Full Overview

This story takes place in a bucolic small town of Mirgorod (Myrhorod in Ukrainian), written in the style featuring grotesque, realistic portrayals of the characters. The two Ivans are gentlemen landowners, neighbors and great friends, each one almost being the opposite image... Read Full Overview

Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (April 1, 1809 - March 4, 1852) was a Russian-language writer of Ukrainian origin. Although his early works were heavily influenced by his Ukrainian heritage and upbringing, he wrote in Russian and his works belong to the tradition of Russian literature... Read Full Overview

"La Brouille des deux Ivan" par Nicolas Vassilievitch Gogol. Nicolas Vassilievitch Gogol etait un ecrivain russe d'origine ukrainienne (1809-1852).

This story takes place in a bucolic small town of Mirgorod (Myrhorod in Ukrainian), written in the style featuring grotesque, realistic portrayals of the characters. The two Ivans are gentlemen landowners, neighbors and great friends, each one almost being the opposite image... Read Full Overview

A fine pelisse has Ivan Ivanovitch splendid And what lambskin deuce take it, what lambskin blue-black with silver lights. I'll forfeit, I know not what, if you find any one else owning such a one. Look at it, for heaven's sake, especially when he stands talking with any one look... Read Full Overview