Nikolai Wassiljewitsch Gogol

Broschiertes Buch

Plays and Petersburg Tales

Petersburg Tales; Marriage; The Government Inspector

Herausgegeben von Peace, Richard; Übersetzung: English, Christopher

Beschreibung

This volume brings together Gogol's Petersburg Tales - stories in which the city's inhabitants are confounded with false dreams and absurd visions - with his two most famous plays, Marriage, and The Government Inspector. Detailed notes, maps, and a scholarly introduction supplement these sparkling new translations, which bring out the vitality and humour of Russia's finest comic writer. Includes: Nevsky Prospect; The Nose; The Portrait; The Overcoat; The Carriage: Diary of a Madman; Marriage; The Government Inspector

Autor

Christopher English is a translator for the UN; Richard Peace is Professor Emeritus of Russian at the University of Bristol. Together they collaborated on Village Evenings near Dikanka and Mirgorad.

Produktdetails

• Oxford World's Classics
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 129mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 282g
• ISBN-13: 9780199555062
• ISBN-10: 0199555060
• Artikelnr.: 24426379