The Mantle and Other Stories is a translation of Nikolai Gogol works with an introduction to Gogol written by Prosper Merimee. Contains five stories: - The mantle- The nose- Memoirs of a mad man- A may night- The viy

Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol fue un escritor ruso. Su obra mas conocida es probablemente Almas muertas, considerada por muchos como la primera novela rusa moderna"

Since its publication in 1842, Dead Souls has been celebrated as a supremely realistic portrait of provincial Russian life and as a splendidly exaggerated tale; as a paean to the Russian spirit and as a remorseless satire of imperial Russian venality, vulgarity, and pomp. As Gogol's wily antihero, Chichikov, combs the back country wheeling and dealing for "dead souls"--deceased serfs who still represent money to anyone sharp enough to trade in them--we are introduced to a Dickensian cast of peasants, landowners, and conniving petty officials, few of whom can resist the seductive illogic of...