Petersburg Tales

　　Part of Alma Classics Evergreen series at £4.99. Also including the 'Diary of Madman', this new translation of Petersburg Tales paint a critical yet hilarious portrait of a city riddled with pomposity and self-importance, masterfully juxtaposing nineteenth-century realism with madcap surrealism, and combining absurdist farce with biting satire.

作者簡介

　　One of the leading figures in nineteenth-century Russian literature, Nikolai Gogol (1809 - 52) is best known for his satirical masterpiece, Dead Souls, and humorous plays and short stories such as The Government Inspector and The Overcoat, written in a highly original and often experimental style.