The Petersburg Tales

“The Petersburg Tales” is a cycle of works by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol, united by the theme of Saint Petersburg. This collection includes such renowned stories as “Nevsky Prospekt,” “The Nose,” “The Portrait,” “The Overcoat,” and “Diary of a Madman.” Gogol masterfully depicts the Saint Petersburg of the nineteenth century, contrasting the splendor of capital life with the fates of the “little people” lost in the big city.