Petersburg tales ; Marriage ; The government inspector
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Petersburg tales ; Marriage ; The government inspector
（Oxford world's classics）
Oxford University Press, 1998
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Plays and Petersburg tales
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Reprint of 1995 ed
Cover and spine title: Plays and Petersburg tales
Bibliography: p. [xxxiii]-xxxiv
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Description
In these tales Gogol guides us through the elegant streets of St Petersburg, the city erected by force and ingenuity on the marshes of the Neva estuary. Something of the deception and violence of the city's creation seems to lurk beneath its harmonious facade, however, and it confounds its inhabitants with false dreams and absurd visions - `nothing is what it seems!' warns Gogol.
St Petersburg is also the setting for Marriage, Gogol's satire on courtship and cowardice. Finally, for The Government Inspector, indisputably Russia's greatest comedy, we move to the provinces although even here St Petersburg's preoccupation with status and appearances makes its presence felt.
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Table of Contents
- Nevsky Prospect
- The Nose
- The Portrait
- The Overcoat
- The Carriage
- Diary of a Madman
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