In this post, we will see the book Evenings Near The Village Of Dikanka by Nikolai Gogol.
About the book
Stories Published by Bee-keeper Rudi PankoEvenings on a Farm Near Dikanka (Russian: «Вечера на хуторе близ Диканьки») is a collection of short stories by Nikolai Gogol, written in 1829–1832. They appeared in various magazines and were published in book form when Gogol was twenty-two. The collection’s frame story takes place in Dykanka, a settlement in central Ukraine.The writer was born in the village of Velyki Sorochyntsi near Poltava, and he spent his life in Ukraine up to the age of nineteen. He put his early impressions and memories of childhood into these pictures of peasant life. In a series of letters to his mother, he asked her to write down descriptions of village customs, dress, superstitions, and old stories. These were also used as primary sources.
The book was translated from Russian by was published in by Publishers.
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Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka is separated into two volumes of four stories each:
Часть первая [Chast’ pervaya], Part One
Сорочинская ярмарка [Sorochinskaya yarmarka], Sorochyntsi Fair
Вечер накануне Ивана Купала [Vecher nakanune Ivana Kupala], St. John’s Eve
Майская ночь, или Утопленница [Mayskaya noch’, ili Utoplenitsa], May Night, or The Drowned Maiden
Пропавшая грамота [Propavshaya gramota], The Lost Letter
Часть вторая [Chast’ vtoraya],
Part Two
Ночь перед Рождеством [Noch’ pyered Rozhdestvom], Christmas Eve
Страшная месть [Strashnaya myest], A Terrible Vengeance
Иван Фёдорович Шпонька и его тётушка [Ivan Fyodorovich Shpon’ka i yevo tyotushka], Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and His Aunt
Заколдованное место [Zakoldovannoye myesto], A Bewitched Place
Edited by Ovid Gorchakov
Designed by Y. Krivinskaya
Illustrated by A. Kanevsky
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