Reading and rereading the incomparable "Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka" again and again, one cannot help but exclaim: "What a wonder this Gogol is, what pictures, what colors!" The vividness and richness of Gogol's language, generously seasoned with folk humor, sayings, and jests, and the picturesqueness of his images—all of this feeds our imagination in abundance. And the works of the acclaimed master of book illustration, Anatoly Grigoryevich Slepkov, are artfully woven into the text and merge with it. In this new edition of three tales from the celebrated cycle, the reader will see not only well-known illustrations but also drawings that have not been reproduced before.
