The Viy

Synopsis

This early work by nikolai gogol was originally published in 1835 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'the viy' is a short story in which a philosophy student is terrorised by a witch as he holds a vigil over the the dead body of a beautiful girl. Nikolai vasilievich gogol was born in sorochintsi, ukraine in 1809. In 1831, gogol brought out the first volume of his ukrainian stories, 'evenings on a farm near dikanka'. It met with immediate success, and he followed it a year later with a second volume.