
How the Two Ivans Quarrelled
and Other Russian Comic Stories
Nikolai Gogol(Author)
Alma Classics (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 21. February 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-1-84749-664-5 (ISBN)
Description
The first story in this volume, How the Two Ivans Quarrelled, is an amusing portrayal of two exceptionally close friends, the mortal insult that drives them apart, and the ensuing chaos that occurs. This is Gogol's humour at its best, where the most irrelevant-seeming details and turns of phrase take on a bizarre life of their own. Ivan Krylov's Panegyric in Memory of My Grandfather has an ingenuous narrator praise the nobility and modesty of a landowner whose actions prove him to be otherwise. The two tales by Mikhail Saltykov are satirical attacks on civil servants and Russia's autocracy. The final piece, Tolstoy's Ivan the Fool, is a playful and allegorical critique of contemporary Russian society. Together, they represent some of Russia's finest comic writing before the twentieth century.
Reviews / Votes
A fantastic, self-parodic, mock-heroic folk tale. -- Patrick McCabeMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Richmond
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Alma Books Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 201 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
200 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84749-664-5 (9781847496645)
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Persons
One of the leading figures in nineteenth-century Russian literature, Nikolai Gogol (1809-52) is best
known for his satirical masterpiece, Dead Souls, and humorous plays and short stories such as The
Government Inspector and The Overcoat, written in a highly original and trenchant style.
known for his satirical masterpiece, Dead Souls, and humorous plays and short stories such as The
Government Inspector and The Overcoat, written in a highly original and trenchant style.
Content
Contains: How the Two Ivans Quarrelled, Ivan Krylov's Panegyric in Memory of My Grandfather, two tales byMikhail Saltykov and Tolstoy's Ivan the Fool.