The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol

This book had more than 20 different short stories and tales in this book. I would have to say that I loved them all for each talked about a different aspect of Russian history or life at the times that they were written. Some were about the opression that people felt and some were about the normal everyday ordeals that people had and how the ordeals tore them apart or made them stronger. ...more

This book had more than 20 different short stories and tales in this book. I would have to say that I loved them all for each talked about a different aspect of Russian history or life at the times that they were written. Some were about the opression that people felt and some were about the normal everyday ordeals that people had and how the ordeals tore them apart or made them stronger. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes short stories, russian literature or just was a great book of stories written by Gogol to pass the time away.   hide

well i loved evenings on a farm near dinkanka - one of my fav (except for "shponka" tale and "terrible vegneance") mirgorod tales - i liked “viy” alot, the tale of “ivan i vs ivan n” was nice too st petersburg tales – i liked “nose” and “overcoat”, “diary of a madman” was also nice

All about witches, devils, etc. Not into it.

Gogol's short stories rock. I don't know what's on this edition, but some that come to mind are The Overcoat, The Nose, The Diary of a Madman. His stories range from the very funny to the surreal (Gogol was a man before his time).