3. The famous equestrian statue of Peter the Great on the Senate square in Petersburg, by French sculptor Etienne-Maurice Falconet (1716-91).

4. That is, one whose neglect of Orthodox feast days made her comparable to an unbeliever and even a sober Lutheran.

Table of Contents

THE COLLECTED TALES OF NIKOLAI GOGOL

RICHARD PEVEAR

LARISSA VOLOKHONSKY

PREFACE

TRANSLATORS' NOTE

Chancellor

II

III

VI

VII

IX

XI

XIII

I

II

III

Chapter I

Chapter II

Chapter III

Chapter IV

Chapter V

Chapter VI

Chapter VII

PETERSBURG TALES

II

III

PART II

NOTES

3. See note 7 to "Old World Landowners."

PETERSBURG TALES

1. See note 7 to "Nevsky Prospect."

3. See note 7 to "Nevsky Prospect."

1. See note 20 to "The Portrait."