{"product_id":"the-night-before-christmas-9780811219471","title":"The Night Before Christmas","description":"It is the night before Christmas and devilry is afoot. The devil steals the moon and hides it in his pocket. He is thus free to run amok and inflicts all sorts of wicked mischief upon the village of Dikanka by unleashing a snowstorm. But the one he'd really like to torment is the town blacksmith, Vakula, who creates paintings of the devil being vanquished. Vakula is in love with Oksana, but she will have nothing to do with him. Vakula, however, is determined to win her over, even if it means battling the devil.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Taken from Nikolai Gogol's first successful work, the story collection \u003cem\u003eEvenings on a Farm Near Dikanka, The Night Before Christmas\u003c\/em\u003e is available here for the first time as a stand-alone novella and is a perfect introduction to the great Russian satirist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811219471\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.80h x 4.40w x 0.30d","brand":"Nikolai Gogol","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43204983652533,"sku":"9780811219471","price":10.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_cbd70b51-6437-4987-9374-94cb38c83c72.jpg?v=1698127192","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-night-before-christmas-9780811219471","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}