Plays and Petersburg Tales - Petersburg Tales, Marriage, The Government Inspector

This volume brings together Gogol''s Petersburg Tales - stories in which the city''s inhabitants are confounded with false dreams and absurd visions - with his two most famous plays, Marriage, and The Government Inspector. Detailed notes, maps, and a scholarly introduction supplement these sparkling new translations, which bring out the vitality and humour of Russia''s finest comic writer. Includes: Nevsky Prospect; The Nose; The Portrait; The Overcoat; The Carriage: Diary of a Madman; Marriage; The Government Inspector