
' Strangely enough I mistook it for a gentleman at first Fortunately I had my spectacles with me so I could see it was really a nose' With this pair of absurd comic stories Gogol indulges his imagination & delights readers Introducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range & diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world & across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California & the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical & savage; poems epic & intimate; essays satirical & inspirational; & ideas that have shaped the lives of millions Nikolay Gogol (1809-1852) Gogol's works available in Penguin Classics are Dead Souls Diary of a Madman The Government Inspector & Selected Stories & The Night Before Christmas