Oh, Petersburg, incredible and magnetic! Here, like nowhere else, you can see your own slowly moving among the romantic rooftops, if you soar above the city with an enchanted soul. Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol also soared—and then descended back, picked up his pen, and began to vividly depict its inhabitants. The master of words achieved a truly 'vivid' quality—as if you could touch them and even talk to them. Of course, if you aren't intimidated by their oddities (a runaway nose, for example...). Yesterday, you wouldn't have paid any attention to these people, but now you'll never forget them. And you'll definitely recognize them when you meet them...

This book includes the famous 'Petersburg Tales,' as well as excerpts and sketches from Gogol's unfinished works of the same period.