The story follows the exploits of Chichikov, a middle-aged gentleman of middling social class and means. Chichikov arrives in a small town and turns on the charm to woo key local officials and landowners. He reveals little about his past, or his purpose, as he sets about carrying out his bizarre and mysterious plan to acquire "dead souls." The government would tax the landowners based on how many serfs (or "souls") the landowner owned, determined by the census. Censuses in this period were infrequent, so landowners would often be paying taxes on serfs that were no longer living, thus the...

Fantasticheskaja povest' o zhizni ukrainskogo naroda, v kotoroj opisanie realisticheskih chert ego nravov i obychaev sochetaetsja s chudesnym vymyslom. Sjuzhetnaja kanva povesti - romanticheskaja ljubov' parubka k prekrasnoj devushke. Noch' pered Rozhdestvom iz sbornika Vechera na hutore bliz Dikan'ki otlichaet dobrota, skazochnost' i mjagkij jumor. I deti, i vzroslye s interesom chitajut o tom, kak chert ukral mesjac, i o tom, kak kuznec Vakula letal k carice v Peterburg za cherevichkami dlja svoej vozljublennoj Oksany. S illjustracijami

Fantasticheskaja povest' o zhizni ukrainskogo naroda, v kotoroj opisanie realisticheskih chert ego nravov i obychaev sochetaetsja s chudesnym vymyslom. Sjuzhetnaja kanva povesti - romanticheskaja ljubov' parubka k prekrasnoj devushke. Noch' pered Rozhdestvom iz sbornika Vechera na hutore bliz Dikan'ki otlichaet dobrota, skazochnost' i mjagkij jumor. I deti, i vzroslye s interesom chitajut o tom, kak chert ukral mesjac, i o tom, kak kuznec Vakula letal k carice v Peterburg za cherevichkami dlja svoej vozljublennoj Oksany. S illjustracijami

Majskaja noch', ili Utoplennica - odna iz samyh skazochnyh i charujushhih povestej N. V. Gogolja iz ego sbornika Vechera na hutore bliz Dikan'ki. Prekrasnye, pronizannye duhom ukrainskogo fol'klora illjustracii sozdajut nepovtorimyj kolorit volshebnoj skazki. Nesomnenno, i vzroslye, i deti poluchat bol'shoe udovol'stvie, perechitav jeto romanticheskoe proizvedenie. S illjustracijami

Diary of a Madman is a farcical short story by Nikolai Gogol. Along with The Overcoat and The Nose, Diary of a Madman is considered to be one of Gogol's greatest short stories. The tale centers on the life of a minor civil servant during the repressive era of Nicholas I. Following the format of a diary, the story shows the descent of the protagonist, Poprishchin, into insanity. Diary of a Madman, the only one of Gogol's works written in first person, follows diary-entry format.

Diary of a Madman (1835) is a farcical short story by Nikolai Gogol. Along with The Overcoat and The Nose, Diary of a Madman is considered to be one of Gogol's greatest short stories. The tale centers on the life of a minor civil servant during the repressive era of Nicholas I. Following the format of a diary, the story shows the descent of the protagonist, Poprishchin, into insanity. Diary of a Madman, the only one of Gogol's works written in first person, follows diary-entry format.

Diary of a Madman is a farcical short story by Nikolai Gogol. Along with The Overcoat and The Nose, Diary of a Madman is considered to be one of Gogol's greatest short stories. The tale centers on the life of a minor civil servant during the repressive era of Nicholas I. Following the format of a diary, the story shows the descent of the protagonist, Poprishchin, into insanity. Diary of a Madman, the only one of Gogol's works written in first person, follows diary-entry format.