![]() First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. ![]() In this ebullient masterpiece, Gogol created a grotesque gallery of human types, from the bear-like Sobakevich to the insubstantial fool Manilov, and, above all, the devilish con man Chichikov. He proposes to buy the names of dead serfs still registered on the census, saving their owners from paying tax on them, and to use these asoulsa as collateral to reinvent himself as a gentleman. Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in a provincial town and visits a succession of landowners to make each a strange offer. 'Dead Souls' is one of the most unusual works of nineteenth-century fiction and a devastating satire on social hypocrisy. Dead Souls, Russia's first major novel, is one of the most unusual works of nineteenth-century fiction and a devastating satire on social hypocrisy. ![]() He proposes to buy the names of dead serfs still registered on the census, saving their owners from paying tax on them, and to use these souls' as collateral to re-invent himself as a gentleman. Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in the provincial town of N', visiting a succession of landowners and making each a strange offer. ![]()
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