Book #18495

Sorotchintzy Fair - 1st US Edition/1st Printing

Nikolai Gogol
Book #18495 Sorotchintzy Fair - 1st US Edition/1st Printing. Nikolai Gogol.

Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Edition: First US Edition; First Printing
Publisher: Boston: David R. Godine, Publisher, 1991.
ISBN: 0879238798
Illustrator: Illustrated by Gennadij Spirin

A handsome first US edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in Near Fine dust-jacket with a little rumpling at top rear. Overall a nice copy. Adapted by Countess Sybil Schönfeldt. Translated from the German by Daniel Reynolds.

In Sorotchintzy Fair, Gogol tells the story of a peasant named Smerdyakov, who travels to a fair in order to buy a wife. He spends his entire fortune on various women, but they all turn out to be worthless and mean. Smerdyakov finally meets a woman named Marfa, who is kind and beautiful. However, when he tells her his story, she rejects him because she is already married.; Color Illustrations; 8vo.

Price: $60.00