Evenings on a Farm Near Dykanka

Reading and re-reading the incomparable «Evenings on a Farm Near Dykanka», one can't help but exclaim: «What a miracle Gogol is, what pictures, what colors!» The vividness and richness of Gogol's language, generously enriched with folk humor, proverbs, and anecdotes,... along with the vivid imagery - all of this abundantly and generously feeds our imagination. And the works of the acclaimed master of book graphics, Anatoly Grigoryevich Slepkov, are skillfully woven into the text and merge with it. In the new edition of three stories from the celebrated cycle, the reader will see, alongside the familiar ones, illustrations that have not been reproduced before. The book is released in the series «The Image of Speech», introducing the best examples of the art of book illustration.