Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol

On the Eve is the third novel by famous Russian writer Ivan Turgenev, best known for his short stories and the novel Fathers and Sons. Turgenev embellishes this love story with observations on middle class life and interposes some art and philosophy. Nikolay Dobrolyubov was critical of On the Eve, offending Turgenev.

Taras Bulba is a romanticized historical novella by Nikolai Gogol. It describes the life of an old Zaporozhian Cossack, Taras Bulba, and his two sons, Andriy and Ostap. The sons study at the Kiev Academy and then return home, whereupon the three men set out on a journey to Zaporizhian Sich located in Southern Ukraine, …

Quan thanh tra là một vở kịch trào phúng của nhà văn Nikolai Gogol, xuất bản lần đầu năm 1836. Nikolai Gogol bắt đầu viết Quan thanh tra vào mùa thu năm 1835 và mất khoảng 6 tháng để hoàn thành. Với giọng văn mỉa mai, châm biếm, cũng giống như trong phần lớn các tác phẩm của ông, đã tạo ra khá nhiều cuộc tranh luận, …

When a barber finds the nose of one of his clients in a loaf of bread baked by his wife, strange events ensue as the client tries to get his nose back.

"The Overcoat" is a short story by Ukrainian-born Russian author Nikolai Gogol, published in 1842. The story and its author have had great influence on Russian literature, as expressed in a quote attributed to Fyodor Dostoevsky: "We all come out from Gogol's 'Overcoat'." The story has been adapted into a variety of …