A mysterious stranger named Chichikov arrives in a small provincial Russian town and proceeds to visit a succession of landowners, making each of them an unusual and somewhat macabre proposition. He offers to buy the rights to the dead serfs who are still registered on the landowner's estate, thus reducing their liability for taxes. It is not clear what Chichikov's intentions are with the dead serfs he is purchasing, and despite his attempts to ingratiate himself, his strange behaviour arouses the suspicions of everyone in the town.
A biting satire of social pretensions and pomposity, Dead Souls has been revered
since its original publication in 1842 as one of the funniest and most brilliant novels of nineteenth-century Russia. Its unflinching and remorseless depiction of venality in Russian society is a lasting tribute to Gogol's comic genius.
| Автор/составитель | Гоголь Николай Васильевич |
| Серия | Classics |
| Год выпуска | 2019 |
| ISBN | 9781847496287 |
| Производитель | Alma Books |
| Издательство | Alma Books |
| Количество томов | 1 |
| Количество страниц | 360 |
| Переплет | Мягкая обложка |
| Размеры | 198x128x22 мм |
| Страна изготовления | Великобритания |
| Цвет | Белый |
| Тип бумаги | офсетная (60-220 г/м2) |
| Стандарт | 10 |
| Вес | 298 |
| Язык | английский |
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Dead Souls
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