{"product_id":"9781607785521","title":"Taras Bulba and Other Tales : St. John's Eve, The Cloak, How the Two Ivans Quarrelled, The Mysterious Portrait \u0026 The Calash","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eTranslated by C. J. Hogarth. Introduction By John Cournos.\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTaras Bulba\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a romanticized short historical novel by Nikolai   Gogol. It tells the story of an old Zaporozhian Cossack, \u003cstrong\u003eTaras   Bulba\u003c\/strong\u003e, and his two sons, Andriy and Ostap. Taras’ sons studied at the   Kyiv Academy and return home. The three men set out on a journey to Zaporizhian   Sich located in Ukraine, where they join other Cossacks and go to war against   the Polish nobles.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTaras Bulba is Gogol’s longest short story. The work is classical in nature   with characters that are not exaggerated or grotesque as was common in Gogol's   later work, though his characterizations of Cossacks are said to be a bit   exaggerated by some scholars. This story can be understood in the context of the   romantic nationalism movement in literature, which developed around a historical   ethnic culture which meets the romantic ideal. It has been cited as the seminal   work establishing the concept of the \"Russian Soul\".\u003csup\u003e \u003c\/sup\u003eThe story is   rich in adventure and battle scenes as well as touches of Gogol’s characteristic   humor.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e— Excerpted from \u003cem\u003eWikipedia, \u003c\/em\u003ethe free encyclopedia. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MobileReference","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47180397052144,"sku":"9781607785521","price":0.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781607785521_p0.jpg?v=1763837446","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781607785521","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}