The collected tales
By: Nikolai Gogol ; translated from the Russian by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky ; with an introduction by Richard Pevear.
Contributors: Pevear, Richard, 1943-; Volokhonsky, Larissa.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Everyman's library -- 315; Everyman's library (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.) -- 315.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 425
ISBN-13: 9780307269690
Subjects: Gogolñ, Nikolaòi Vasilñevich, -- 1809-1852 -- Translations into English
Genres: Translations into English.
Work titles: Short stories.
Description: A new translation of stories by a 19th century Russian master. One story is on a madman convinced that a dog can tell him everything he needs to know, another is on a downtrodden clerk whose life is changed by a new overcoat.
Notes: Translated from Russian.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Ukrainian tales: St. John's Eve; title: The night before Christmas; title: The terrible vengeance; title: Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and his aunt; title: Old world landowners; title: Viy; title: The story of how Ivan Ivanovich quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich; title: Petersburg tales: Nevsky Prospect; title: The diary of a madman; title: The nose; title: The carriage; title: The portrait; title: The overcoat.