Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka

"Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka" — the first collection by Gogol, which immediately made his name known. Pushkin laughed while reading these stories and highly praised the young writer.

Gogol keenly captured the fashion for folk themes and designed the... book as "evening tales" — legends told at dusk. Following the puppet theater story about the devil who steals the moon is a grim legend about a sorcerer. Folklore, satire, and mysticism create a world where the funny coexists with the eerie.

The collection consists of two parts and is united by the image of the storyteller — beekeeper Rudyi Pank. These are stories in which folk traditions, mystical events, and lively scenes from village life intertwine so naturally that the line between fiction and reality almost disappears. The mundane coexists with the incredible, but the human being remains the main miracle among miracles.

Author: Николай Гоголь

Printhouse: Mann, Ivanov i Ferber

Series: Eternal Stories

Age restrictions: 16+

Year of publication: 2025

ISBN: 9785002505166

Number of pages: 256

Size: 207х133х16 mm

Cover type: hard

Weight: 290 g

ID: 1723806

"Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka" — the first collection by Gogol, which immediately made his name known. Pushkin laughed while reading these stories and highly praised the young writer.

Gogol keenly captured the fashion for folk themes and designed the book as "evening tales" — legends told at dusk. Following the puppet theater story about the devil who steals the moon is a grim legend about a sorcerer. Folklore, satire, and mysticism create a world where the funny coexists with the eerie.

The collection consists of two parts and is united by the image of the storyteller — beekeeper Rudyi Pank. These are stories in which folk traditions, mystical events, and lively scenes from village life intertwine so naturally that the line between fiction and reality almost disappears. The mundane coexists with the incredible, but the human being remains the main miracle among miracles.

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