The Mysterious Portrait (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781535329811)

"The Portrait" is the story of a young and penniless artist, Andrey Petrovich Chartkov, who stumbles upon a terrifyingly lifelike portrait in an art shop and is compelled to buy it. The painting is magical and offers him a dilemma to struggle to make his own way in the world on the basis of his own talents or to accept the assistance of the magic painting to guaranteed riches and fame. He chooses to become rich and famous, but when he comes upon a portrait from another artist which is "pure, faultless, beautiful as a bride" he comes to realize that he has made the wrong choice. Eventually, he falls ill and dies from a fever.

Author: Nikolai Gogol
ISBN-10: 1535329815
ISBN-13: 9781535329811
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 07/16/2016
Pages: 34
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.14lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.08d