Nikolai Gogol

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 …

"Tarass Bulba" on Nikolai Gogoli romantistlik ajalooline jutustus, mis kuulub Mirgorodi tsüklisse. Jutustus ilmus esmakordselt 1835. aastal, põhjalikult ümbertöötatud teise trükina 1842. aastal. Raamat jutustab vanast Zaporožje kasakast Tarass Bulbast ning tema kahest pojast Andreist ja Ostapist. Tarassi pojad õpivad …