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Short stories.
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Contents
Taras Bulba -- St. John's eve -- The cloak -- How the two Ivans quarrelled -- The mysterious portrait -- The calash.
Summary
Explore a fascinating period in history through the eyes of renowned Russian literary realist Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol. This historian-turned-fiction-writer had a lifelong interest in the culture of the Ukranian Cossacks, the community at the center of the tale "Taras Bulba" and several of the other stories brought together in this engrossing and meticulously researched collection.