Selected Tales (First Edition) (The Norton Library)

In a new translation by Michael R. Katz (acclaimed translator of Dostoevskys Crime and Punishment), exclusively available through the Norton Library, Selected Tales presents a collection of Nikolai Gogols most regarded short fiction: "e;Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and His Auntie,"e; "e;Nevsky Prospect,"e; "e;Notes of a Madman,"e; "e;The Nose,"e; "e;The Carriage,"e; "e;The Portrait,"e; and "e;The Overcoat. A thorough introduction by Kate Holland (University of Toronto) situates the stories in the historical and literary contexts of imperial St. Petersburg, inviting a new generation of readers to appreciate Gogols transformative vision and incisive social criticism.