Nikolai Gogol-Evenings on a farm near Dikanka. Mirgorod. Gift book bound in leather

The collection of funny and funny stories "Evenings on a farm near Dikanka", became the first book by N. V. Gogol, which brought him fame and recognition. The blacksmith Vakula has long been in love with Oksana. But the proud girl does not pay any attention to the boy at all. To win her love, Vakula is ready for anything, even to fly on horseback to St. Petersburg on the very line and bring as a gift the cherevichki that the tsarina wears. A fantastic story full of magic and magic, which has become a masterpiece of world classics.

The collection of N. Gogol "Mirgorod" is one of the pearls of classical Russian literature. The 4 stories included in this cycle - "Old-World landowners", "Viy", "Taras Bulba", "The Story of how Ivan Ivanovich and Ivan Nikiforovich quarreled" - were the most important milestones in the development of Russian prose and have long become textbook. The book includes the text of the first edition, refined and cleared of later layers, supplemented with fragments and draft notes. The publication contains an article about Gogol's historical prose and an extensive commentary on the texts.