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Dead Souls (Dover Thrift Ed)

by Nikolai Vasil'evich Gogol

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A stranger arrives in a Russian backwater community with a bizarre proposition for the local landowners: cash for their "dead souls," the serfs who have died in their service and for whom they must continue to pay taxes until the next census. The landowner receives a payment and a relief of his tax burden, and the stranger receives--what? Gogol's comic masterpiece offers a vast and satirical painting of the Russian panorama as it traces the path and encounters of its mysterious protagonist in pursuit of his dubious scheme. Dead Souls, regarded as both a realistic portrait of nineteenth-century Russia and a work of great symbolism, continues to inspire twenty-first century authors and readers.

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A mysterious swindler buys and sells "dead souls" — deceased serfs who, according to government records, are still alive. Rich with ironic twists and comic characters, this book, among the greatest nineteenth-century Russian novels, is required reading for many literature students.

Synopsis:

A stranger arrives in a Russian backwater community with a bizarre proposition for the local landowners: cash for their "dead souls," the serfs who have died in their service. A comic masterpiece.

Synopsis:

A stranger arrives in a Russian backwater community with a bizarre proposition for the local landowners: cash for their "dead souls," the serfs who have died in their service. Gogol's comic masterpiece offers a vast and satirical painting of 19th-century Russia. A work of great symbolism, it continues to inspire 21st-century authors and readers.

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ISBN:
9780486426822
Author:
Gogol, Nikolai Vasil'evich
Publisher:
Dover Publications
Author:
Dover Thrift Editions
Author:
Gogol, Nikolai
Author:
Gogal, Nikolai Vasil'evich
Location:
Mineola, N.Y.
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Series:
Dover thrift editions
Series Volume:
61
Publication Date:
20030609
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
from 9
Language:
English
Pages:
272
Dimensions:
8.25 x 5.19 in 0.5 lb
Age Level:
from 14

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Product details 272 pages Dover Publications - English 9780486426822 Reviews:
"Synopsis" by , A mysterious swindler buys and sells "dead souls" — deceased serfs who, according to government records, are still alive. Rich with ironic twists and comic characters, this book, among the greatest nineteenth-century Russian novels, is required reading for many literature students.
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A stranger arrives in a Russian backwater community with a bizarre proposition for the local landowners: cash for their "dead souls," the serfs who have died in their service. A comic masterpiece.
"Synopsis" by ,
A stranger arrives in a Russian backwater community with a bizarre proposition for the local landowners: cash for their "dead souls," the serfs who have died in their service. Gogol's comic masterpiece offers a vast and satirical painting of 19th-century Russia. A work of great symbolism, it continues to inspire 21st-century authors and readers.

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