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Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka
Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka () is a collection of short stories by Nikolai Gogol, written in 1829–32. They appeared in various magazines and were published in book form when Gogol was twenty-two. The writer was born in the village of Velyki Sorochyntsi near Poltava, and he spent his life in Ukraine up to the age of nineteen. He put his early impressions and memories of childhood into these pictures of peasant life. In a series of letters to his mother, he
and personal since the narrator is using a personal name. He eventually gets caught up in talking about mundane events, and stops himself so he can get on with his storytelling. The main stories begin after this section.
Adaptations.
"Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka" has been adapted into film several times:
- "The Night Before Christmas" (1961)
- "Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka" (2001)
It also inspired a video game series.