With a new subject and scriptural index, as well as a short abstract on Nikolai Gogol as a religious personality, this reedited commentary on the Divine Liturgy--the primary public worship service of the Orthodox Church--is as practical as it is mystical. Gogol, one of the most prominent Russian wri[...]

"Taras Bulba" is the story of its title character, Taras Bulba, an old Ukrainian Cossack and his two sons, Andriy and Ostap, who journey to Zaporizhian Sich located in Ukraine to fight Polish nobles with fellow Cossacks. A romanticized historical novel, "Taras Bulba" is a story of great adventure an[...]

"Pevear and Volokhonsky are at once scrupulous translators and vivid stylists of English." --James Wood, "New Yorker"
Called "the greatest play written in Russian" by Vladimir Nabokov, Nikolai Gogol's immortal comedy is a pitch-perfect satire of social corruption. Now, renowned American playwrig[...]

"Dead Souls," by Nikolai Gogol, is part of the "Barnes & Noble Classics"" "" "series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable feature[...]

Taras Bulba on kuvaus kasakoiden elämästä Ukrainan laajoilla tasangoilla 1600-luvulla. Päähenkilö Taras Bulba on vanha kasakka, jo monet taistelut kokenut sankari. Hän haluaa opettaa myös kaksi poikaansa oikeiden kasakoiden elämään. Taras viekin poikansa Ostapin ja Andrein Setsiin, kasako[...]