Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka, Part One
The earliest major collection and the best entry to Gogol's Ukrainian storytelling.
Author guide
Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol Books in Order
Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol (1809–1852) was a Ukrainian-born Russian-language writer, dramatist, and essayist. His major works combine satire, fantasy, social criticism, and the grotesque, influencing Russian and world literature through works including Dead Souls, The Government Inspector, and his Ukrainian and Petersburg prose.
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Not sure where to begin?
Start with one of these
The Government Inspector
A compact introduction to Gogol's dramatic satire.
Dead Souls
His major novel and central mature work.
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Books by series
short-story-cycle · complete
Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka
A completed two-volume cycle of Ukrainian-themed short stories.
planned-trilogy · incomplete
Dead Souls
Gogol's planned three-part prose poem, of which only the first part was published in complete form.
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Book 1 · novel · 1842
Outside the series
