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"Satire of provincial life in 19th century Russia."@en
"Regarded as the first great masterpiece of Russian literature, Dead Souls mixes realism and symbolism for a vivid and highly original portrait of Russian life. Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in a provincial town with a bizarre but seductive proposition for local landowners. He proposes to buy the names of their serfs who have died but who are still registered on the census, saving their owners from paying tax on them. But what collateral will Chichikov receive for these "souls"? Full of larger-than-life Dickensian characters, rogues and scoundrels, landowners and serfs, conniving petty officials, and the wily antihero Chichikov, Dead Souls is a devastating comic satire on social hypocrisy."@en
"In this surreally funny classic of Russian literature, Nikolai Gogol's wily antihero, Chichikov, is in the business of buying up "dead souls"--deceased serfs who exist only on paper."
"Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in a provincial town and visits a succession of landowners to make each a strange offer. 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 reinvent himself as a gentleman. In this ebullient masterpiece, Nikolai 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. 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.This version of Dead Souls is the translation by C. J. Hogarth."@en
"Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in a provincial town and visits a succession of landowners to make each a strange offer. 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 reinvent himself as a gentleman."@en
"In this surreally funny classic of Russian literature, Nikolai Gogol's wily antihero, Chichikov, is in the business of buying up "dead souls"--Deceased serfs who exist only on paper."@en
"Satire of provincial life in 19th century Russia. Regarded as the first great masterpiece of Russian literature, Dead Souls mixes realism and symbolism for a vivid and highly original portrait of Russian life. Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in a provincial town with a bizarre but seductive proposition for local landowners. He proposes to buy the names of their serfs who have died but who are still registered on the census, saving their owners from paying tax on them. But what collateral will Chichikov receive for these "souls"?"@en
"Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in a provincial town, visiting a succession of landowners and making each a strange offer. 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."@en
"Chichikov, a businessman who, in order to trick the tax authorities, buys up dead 'souls' or serfs whose names still appear on the government census."@en
"When Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov takes up a new residence, he is set to carry out his bizarre plan to purchase the souls of dead peasants that once inhabited the town. Dead souls takes a sharp but humorous look at life in all its strata, but especially the devious complexities in the country with its landowners and serfs."@en

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"Satire"
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"Dead Souls Library Edition"@en
"Dead Souls"
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