Evenings on the Farm Near Dikanka

A special edition in a magnificent printing format. Hard cover with embossed elements and partial gloss. Color endpapers. Thick paper with a colored border along the edge of the page. Clear, large, well-readable font. Unusual, richly colored illustrations in the... style of Russian fantasy created by the remarkable Russian artist, Pushkin Prize laureate Viktor Korolyov. N. V. Gogol's collection "Evenings on the Farm Near Dikanka" received enthusiastic reviews from readers and critics as soon as it was published. Beautiful ladies and brave young men, cunning witches and ominous sorcerers engage us in a noisy, vibrant reel of incredible events — lyrical, funny, and sometimes even terrifying. Poetic, enchanting descriptions of nature transport us to the mesmerizing expanse of vast steppes, under the gentle sun and bright stars of the high southern sky. All eight stories in Gogol's collection remain a recognized literary masterpiece even after many decades. The collection illustrated by Viktor Korolyov includes the following books: N. Gogol "Evenings on the Farm Near Dikanka", A. Pushkin "Ruslan and Lyudmila", Yu. Medvedev "Russian Legends and Tales", "The Tale of Igor's Campaign".