8 Results with the "Short Stories" genre
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Uncollected Stories
Nikolai Gogol’s “uncollected” works refer to a group of early drafts, fragmented sketches, and incomplete tales that were not organized by Gogol into his formal collections (Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka, Mirgorod, or Arabesques). In most modern English compilations, these lesser-known, stray texts are grouped separately as uncollected works or juvenilia. This collection has stories featured on this site, containing a total of…- 9.0 K • Jun 2, '26
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Arabesques
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Arabesques are collected works written and compiled by Nikolai Gogol, first published in January 1835. The collection consists of two parts, diverse in content, hence its name: ″arabesques,″ a special type of Arabic design where lines wind around each other. This collection has stories featured on this site, containing a total of words.- 18.9 K • Jun 2, '26
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This collection of short stories was written from 1831 to 1832. The tales first appeared in various magazines and were published in book form when Gogol was twenty two. Containing many of Gogol’s early impressions and memories of childhood, the stories present images of humble peasant life in the Ukraine. They are also heavily laced with Ukrainian folklore and cultural references, offering a unique perspective…- 9.4 K • Jun 2, '26
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This story is Nikolai Gogol’s classic tragicomedy about two formerly inseparable Ukrainian neighbors who descend into an absurd, decades-long legal feud. It stands as a timeless literary masterpiece of the tragi-absurd, ridiculing the ridiculousness of human vanity and petty litigation. This story has all 7 chapters featured on this site, containing a total of words.- 1.8 K • May 31, '26
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The Viy
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The “Viy” is a monstrous creation of popular fancy. It is the name which the inhabitants of Little Russia give to the king of the gnomes, whose eyelashes reach to the ground. The following story is a specimen of such folk-lore. I have made no alterations, but reproduce it in the same simple form in which I heard it. — Author’s Note. This story…- 7.5 K • May 31, '26
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Mirgorod. This 1835 collection of short stories was originally intended to be a sequel to Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka. The four tales are similarly based on Ukrainian folklore and feature characters generally believed to be portrayals of people Gogol knew while living in Ukraine, including his grandparents. Though grouped together, the stories are entirely separate from each other in terms of narrative.…- 8.6 K • May 30, '26
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A comprehensive anthology of the Russian short stories in the English language by some of the best and most well known Russian authors in the early 1900s. English-Russian Parallel Edition. This edition is designed for those who are learning the Russian language and wish to read the original literary works. To aid in this process additional paragraph breaks were added throughout the texts to…- 9.9 K • May 15, '26
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God will repay each person according to what they have done. The tale is a proof of this famous proverb. Old rich Lord Oakhurst was dying. The life had never seemed so amazing to him before, summer day was bright and sunny. He was thinking about the wonderful day, when he made a proposal to his young wife. She was not fond this idea…- 460 • Mar 11, '26
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