The Nose

Authors: Nikolay Gogol & Ronald Wilks

Classic fiction (pre c 1945) | Short stories

Published on 26^th February 2015 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of the 'Penguin Little Black Classics' series.

Paperback / softback | 64 pages
165mm x 126mm x 6mm | 54g

'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 and delights readers.

Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and 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 and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and 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 and The Night Before Christmas.