Nikolai Gogol

In this original compilation from Skyboat Media and Blackstone Publishing, Nikolai Gogol’s stories range from the whimsical and bizarre to the incisive and satiric, from the horrific and terrifying to the nonsensical and hilarious. A lowly government clerk, Akay Akakiyevich, must scrimp and...

A definitive collection of Gogol’s best-known works, adapted for BBC Radio with star casts including Toby Jones, Michael Palin, Mark Heap, Frances Barber and Russell Tovey Ukrainian-born humorist, dramatist and novelist Nikolai Gogol is widely believed to have led the realist revolution in...

The Diary of a Madman and Other Stories is a bizarre and colorful collection containing the finest short stories by the iconic Russian writer Nikolai Gogol....

Gogol's classic takes a sharp but humorous look at life in all its strata but especially the devious complexities in Russia, with its landowners and serfs....

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Allan Corduner, best known for his extensive stage and screen credits including Homeland, Da Vinci's Demons and portraying Sir Arthur Sullivan to Jim Broadbent's Gilbert in Mike Leigh's Topsy-Turvy. This definitive recording...

The collection includes the best works of famous Russian writers: Fyodor Dostoevsky NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND THE DREAM OF A RIDICULOUS MAN THE BEGGAR BOY AT CHRIST'S CHRISTMAS TREE Leo Tolstoy THE DEATH OF IVAN ILYICH A LETTER TO A HINDU A CONFESSION GOD SEES THE TRUTH, BUT WAITS A RUSSIAN...

Fully restored and remastered, Heritage Media presents the greatest of vintage artists in classic dramas from the literature of Russia....

Russian literature exudes an atmosphere of mysticism, which is said to be a natural result of the simplicity of her people....

The story centers on an impoverished clerk who is dedicated to his job as a routine copyist but not recognized for his hard work....

Fully restored and remastered, Heritage Media presents the greatest of vintage artists in classic dramas from the literature of Russia....

Using, or rather mimicking, traditional forms of storytelling, Gogol created stories that are complete within themselves and only tangentially connected to a meaning or moral. His work belongs to the school of invention, where each twist and turn of the narrative is a surprise unfettered by...

Included The Apparition Of Mrs. Veal by Daniel Defoe, Alice Addertongue by Benjamin Franklin, The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving, Prosper Mérimée by Mateo Falcone, Napoleon And The Spectre by Charlotte Bronte, The Mortal Immortal by Mary Shelley, Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel...

The Essential Classics: Volume 9 brings together 5 of the greatest classics ever written, perfectly read by an esteemed cast including Emma Gregory, Ben Allen, George Blagden, and Peter Noble.

Gogol's phantasmagorical tale about a man whose nose decides to abscond and begin living a life of its own is one of the earliest and most celebrated examples of absurdist literature....

It’s really very simple. You will sell me your eternal soul and in return I shall make you fabulously rich, powerful, talented and famous for your entire Earthly life. Or maybe even eternity.

The Big Book of Christmas: Classic Stories and Poems is a grand compilation that assembles a treasure trove of holiday tales and poems from a remarkable array of authors. This extensive collection includes 100 classic works, each thoughtfully illustrated, to immerse readers in the magic and...

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...

The ultimate collection of great short stories by the best Russian classic authors....

The best collection of Russian short stories includes: Fyodor Dostoevsky: Notes from the Underground The Dream of a Ridiculous Man The Beggar Boy at Christ's Christmas Tree Leo Tolstoy: The Death of Ivan Ilyich Kholstomer, the Story of a Horse Alyosha the Pot A Letter to a Hindu A Confession God...

Le fonctionnaire Bachmatchkine passe ses journées à copier des actes, quand une catastrophe vient chambouler sa vie: son manteau, usé jusqu'à la corde, doit être remplacé. Il va falloir économiser pour en acheter un nouveau et cela tourne vite à l'obsession. Le jour où il enfile enfin...