The Night Before Christmas

Nikolai Gogol

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A macabre tale and hilarious tale of a Christmas Eve with the devil and a romantic twist.

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The Night Before Christmas

Fiction by Nikolai Gogol

Translated from Russian by Constance Garnett

It is the night before Christmas and devilry is afoot. A witch steals the moon and hides it in her pocket. The devil is set free to run amok and inflicts all sorts of wicked mischief upon the village of Dikanka by unleashing a snowstorm. But who he’d really like to torment is the town blacksmith, Vakula, who creates paintings of the devil being vanquished. Vakula is in love with Oksana, but she will have nothing to do with him. Vakula, however, is determined to win her over, even if it means battling the devil. Taken from Nikolai Gogol’s first successful work, the story collection Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka, The Night Before Christmas is available here for the first time as a stand-alone novella and is a perfect introduction to the great Russian satirist.

Paperback(published Oct, 28 2011)

ISBN
9780811219471
Price US
11.95
Page Count
80

Ebook(published Oct, 28 2011)

ISBN
9780811219693
Price US
9.95
Portrait of Nikolai Gogol

Nikolai Gogol

Nikolai Gogol (1809–1852) was a novelist and political satirist. The author of _Dead Souls_ and _The Overcoat_, he is considered one of Russia’s greatest writers.