Nikolai Gogol

Taras Bulba and Other Tales

Experience Gogol's Ukrainian folklore and political satire in Taras Bulba and Other Tales. A classic historical fiction audiobook.

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Summary

Nikolai Gogol was one of the first to use the technique of the grotesque. According to Viktor Shklovsky, Gogol's strange style of writing resembles the "ostranenie" technique of defamiliarization. His early works, such as Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka, were influenced by his Ukrainian upbringing, Ukrainian culture and folklore. His later writing satirised political corruption in the Russian Empire (The Government Inspector, Dead Souls). The novel Taras Bulba (1835), the play Marriage (1842), and the short stories "The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich", "The Portrait" and "The Carriage", are also among his best-known works.

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Release date

30.12.2022

Imprint

Bookstream Audiobooks

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Genres

Classics, Historical Fiction

Moods

sad, hopeful

Keywords

Ukrainian culture, political corruption, grotesque