Selected Novels and Dramas by Gogol (Masterpieces of Foreign Literature Series)

It includes Gogol's representative works, the novels "Taras Bulba", "Nevsky Prospekt", "Portrait", "The Overcoat" and the drama "The Imperial Envoy". Gogol uses ordinary daily life as the theme to describe the misfortunes of small people, which is permeated by the author's exposure and criticism of the social roots that cause the tragedies of small people. "The Imperial Envoy" is the representative work of the Russian satirist Gogol, which was published in 1836. The story describes a playboy, Khlestakov, who lost everything in a bet and was at a loss. He was passing through a city in another province from Petersburg and was mistaken for an "imperial minister." This caused panic among the local officials and made many jokes.