Selected Tales (The Norton Library)

In a new translation by Michael R. Katz (acclaimed translator of Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment), exclusively available through the Norton Library, Selected Tales presents a collection of Nikolai Gogol's most regarded short fiction: 'Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and His Auntie,' 'Nevsky Prospect,' 'Notes of a Madman,' 'The Nose,' 'The Carriage,' 'The Portrait,' and '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 Gogol's transformative vision and incisive social criticism.