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Dead Souls

Dead Souls

by Gogol, Nikolai Vasilevich, 1809-1852

BookID: 1081

Language:English

Translator:Hogarth, D. J.

Uniform Title:Mertvye dushi. English

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 67.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

SatireHumorous storiesRussia -- Social life and customs -- 1533-1917 -- FictionSwindlers and swindling -- Russia -- Fiction

Description

"Dead Souls" by Nikolai Gogol is a novel first published in 1842. It follows Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov, a mysterious gentleman who arrives in a small Russian town with a peculiar scheme: to purchase "dead souls"—serfs who have died but still exist on paper for tax purposes. As he charms local officials and landowners, his bizarre transactions raise suspicions. Through absurd satire, Gogol exposes the moral rot and social dysfunction of Russia's middle aristocracy, creating unforgettable caricatures of greed, pretension, and vulgarity. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:PG: Language and Literatures: Slavic (including Russian), Languages and Literature

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