Diary of a Madman And Other Stories: Diary of a Madman;the Nose;the Overcoat;How Ivanovich Quarrelled with Ivan Nikiforovich;Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka And His Aunt - Brossura

Nikolai Gogol (1809-52) was born in the Ukraine and left for St Peterburg at the age of 19 where he published a collection of short stories and for a short time held the post of professor of history at the university. Gogol's experience of life in St Petersburg informed his savagely satirical play, The Government Inspector, and a series of brilliant short stories including Nevsky Prospekt and Notes of a Madman. From 1836 to 48, Gogol lived abroad, mainly in Rome, where he was working on his comic epic Dead Souls - a work he wrestled with for the rest of his life before renouncing literature and burning parts of the manuscript shortly before he died.

Book by Gogol translated with an Introduction by Ronald Wi