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Since its publication in 1842, Dead Souls has been celebrated as a supremely realistic portrait of provincial Russian life and as a splendidly exaggerated tale; as a paean to the Russian spirit and as a remorseless satire of imperial Russian venality, vulgarity, and pomp. As Gogol's wily antihero, Chichikov, combs the back country wheeling and dealing for "dead souls"--deceased serfs who still represent money to anyone sharp enough to trade in them--we are introduced to a Dickensian cast of peasants, landowners, and conniving petty officials, few of whom can resist the seductive illogic of Chichikov's proposition.

ISBN-13

9781533115195

ISBN-10

1533115192

Weight

0.91 Pounds

Dimensions

6.00 x 0.69 x 9.00 In

List Price

$13.00

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Pages

306 pages

Publisher

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Published On

2016-05-06



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