The Night Before Christmas

«Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka» became the first major work of Nikolai Gogol (1809—1852), bringing him true fame and success. Eight stories, in which mysticism easily coexists with reality, and comedy — with horror stories, immediately won the love of the metropolitan audience, including Pushkin himself.
Gogol's colorful characters, folklore and dialects, appetizing descriptions of local cuisine — all this formed the classic image of Little Russia, so well known to everyone from their school days.
In the most New Year’s tale of the collection «The Night Before Christmas», the blacksmith Vakula, trying to win the heart of the unattainable Oksana, sets off to St. Petersburg riding on a devil to obtain the tsar's slippers.

A new series of classics for fans of «Magistral. The Main Trend» in hardcover. Impeccable style, conciseness, tactile materials, colored endpapers, illustration on the edge.