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PETERSBURG TALES
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| By: |
Nikolai Gogol, Dora O'Brien (Trans) |
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Paperback |
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£6.99 |
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£1.89 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1847493491 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781847493491 |
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| Publisher: |
ALMA BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
15 March, 2014 |
| Series: |
Alma Classics Evergreens |
| Pages: |
192 |
| Translated from: |
Russian |
| Description: |
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. |
| Synopsis: |
Written in the 1830s and early 1840s, these comic stories tackle life behind the cold and elegant facade of the Imperial capital from the viewpoints of various characters, such as a collegiate assessor who one day finds that his nose has detached itself from his face and risen the ranks to become a state councillor ('The Nose'), a painter and a lieutenant whose romantic pursuits meet with contrasting degrees of success ('Nevsky Prospect') and a lowly civil servant whose existence desperately unravels when he loses his prized new coat ('The Overcoat'). 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. |
| Illustrations: |
illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Alma Classics |
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Returnable |
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