Taras Bulba Author:Nicolai Gogol The mighty Cossack leader Taras Bulba had two sons: Ostap was strong and rugged--a man devoted only to fighting as a noble Cossack warrior, a man who placed honor above all else; Andrei was madly and impossibly in love with the gorgeous Natalia, but this was a love that could never be--she was the hated Polish enemy against whom the Cossacks wer... more »e waging a terrible war. Universal emotions and elemental passions--told with power and insight: these have combined to make of Taras Bulba one of the all-time classic works of world literature.« less