The night before Christmas
By: Nikolai Gogol ; translated by Constance Garnett
Contributors: Garnett, Constance, 1861-1946
Publisher: New Directions
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 73
ISBN-13: 9780811219471
Subjects: Christmas; Fiction
Work titles: Nochʹ pered Rozhdestvom
Description: Available for the first time as a stand-alone novella, the Russian satirist's tale of a Christmas Eve in the village of Dikanka features wicked mischief by the devil as he runs amok in the town and torments the town blacksmith, Vakula, as Vakula tries to win the love of Oksana.
Notes: "A New Directions Pearl."