The Collected Tales of Nikolai GogolBy: Nikolai Gogol Series: Everyman's Library Classics Series Collected here are Gogols finest talesstories that combine the wide eyed, credulous imagination of the peasant with the sardonic social criticism of the city dwellerallowing readers to experience anew the unmistakable genius of a writer who paved the way for Dostoevsky and Kafka. All of Gogols most memorable creations are here: the minor official who misplaces his nose, the downtrodden clerk