St John’s Eve

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St John’s Eve is a short story by Nikolai Gogol that blends Ukrainian folklore, supernatural elements, and village life in a darkly comic romantic tale.

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instanceOf literary work
short story
author Nikolai Gogol NERFINISHED
basedOn Slavic folk beliefs
collectionBy Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire
featuresElement Ukrainian folklore
supernatural elements
village life
firstPublicationLanguage Russian
genre dark comedy
fantastic fiction
romantic tale
short story
supernatural fiction
hasAdaptation radio adaptations
stage adaptations
hasCharacter Petro NERFINISHED
Pidorka NERFINISHED
the devil NERFINISHED
the witch
literaryMovement Romanticism
mainTheme greed
love
moral consequences
pact with evil
narrativeTone darkly comic
originalLanguage Russian
partOf Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka NERFINISHED
setting Ukrainian village
rural Ukraine
titleRefersTo the eve of the Feast of St John the Baptist

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