In Nikolai Gogol's short story "May Night, or the Drowned Maiden," a single night ends up changing the lives of many. Young Levko is the son of the head of a Ukrainian... Læs mere
Teeming with dark humour, supernatural elements, and hard-to-believe situations, Nikolai Gogol’s "Collected Stories" is a highest form of short story fiction. With stories like "The... Læs mere
"The Fair at Sorochyntsi" by Nikolai Gogol is a short story set in a Ukrainian village in 1800. A man travels with his daughter and wife to a fair to sell some of their... Læs mere
How far will a man go for love? The short story "St. John's Eve" by Nikolai Gogol from the 19th century recounts the sinister events that transpired in a poor hamlet generations ago, as... Læs mere
Pietarilaisen parturi Jakovlevitšin aamu alkaa ikävällä yllätyksellä. Hän nimittäin löytää aamiaisleipänsä sisältä nenän. Nenä kuuluu kollegioasessori Kovaljoville, joka tuntee olonsa kaikin puolin... Læs mere
Kollegineuvos Tshitshikow kiertää 1800-luvun venäläistä maaseutua erikoisella asialla. Hän nimittäin pyrkii ostamaan maanomistajilta "kuolleita sieluja", eli henkikirjoihin jääneitä... Læs mere
Three students. A deserted house. A witch. This horror novella boasts an abundance of supernatural encounters, dazzling effects, and folktale elements. Included in the cycle ‘Mirgorod’, this is... Læs mere
A sorcerer. Nightmares. Secrets. Not the usual components of a love story but Nikolai Gogol’s short horror story follows the love story of Danilo and Katerina as they deal with the... Læs mere
‘Taras Bulbas’ is a literary epic following an older Cossack named Taras Bulba who takes his sons to war with him against the Poles who rule all of Ukraine. It is a piece of romantic... Læs mere
‘Memoirs of a Madman’ is a fascinating short following Poprishchin, a minor civil servant, as he descends into insanity. Unique in Golgol’s collection, it is the only story he wrote... Læs mere
In ‘The Night of Christmas Eve’ the Devil roams free and decides to steal the moon to punish Vakula, a local blacksmith for his religious paintings, leaving the town of... Læs mere
"The Lost Letter" is a short story by Gogol published in his 1831 collection "Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka". In it, an exuberant narrator, the old sexton Foma, humorously recounts the... Læs mere