More than a century and a half later, Nikolai Gogols stories continue to delight readers the world over. Now a stunning new translation–from an award-winning team of translators–presents these stories in all their inventive, exuberant glory to English-speaking readers. For the first time, the best of Gogols short fiction is brought together in a single volume: from the colorful Ukrainian tales that led some critics to call him the Russian Dickens to the Petersburg stories, with their black humor and wonderfully demented attitude toward the powers that be. All of Gogols most memorable creations are here: the minor official who misplaces his nose, the downtrodden clerk whose life is changed by the acquisition of a splendid new overcoat, the wily madman who becomes convinced that a dog can tell him everything he needs to know.