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Author: Gogol
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Gogol's influential and outstanding play, the world-renowned comedy The Inspector General, gathers all the vices of the time and delivers a scathing mockery, leaving the audience with a profound and thought-provoking laugh. Novellas such as Taras Bulba and short stories like The Overcoat, written from the perspective of "little people," use vivid spoken language to blend the atmosphere of daily life with passionate lyricism, filled with wit and humor. The laughter after reading these works is a laugh through tears. This collection includes some of Gogol's most representative works from his early and middle periods.