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Dead Souls

Author
Nikolai Gogol
Series
World Classics
Language
Russian
Length
372 pages
ISBN
9781787362055
Published
28 November 2020
Imprint
Sovereign
  • Dead souls
  • Gogol
  • Nikolai Gogol
  • realism
  • satire
  • romantic
  • surrealism
  • Russian Empire
  • classics
  • humorous

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Description

The story follows the exploits of Chichikov, a middle-aged gentleman of middling social class and means. Chichikov arrives in a small town and turns on the charm to woo key local officials and landowners. He reveals little about his past, or his purpose, as he sets about carrying out his bizarre and mysterious plan to acquire 'dead souls.'

Author

Nikolai Gogol (1809–1852) was the master of a satire so quiet it can seem harmless — until the ground shifts beneath it. In Dead Souls he mapped the hollow soul of imperial Russia with comic precision; in The Overcoat and The Nose he turned ordinary clerks and missing body parts into fables of humiliation, obsession, and bureaucratic nightmare.

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