Since its publication in 1842,Dead Souls has been celebrated as a supremely realistic portrait of provincial Russian life and as a splendidly exaggerated tale; as a paean to the Russian spirit and as a remorseless satire of imperial Russian venality,vulgarity,and pomp. As Gogol's wily antihero,Chichikov,combs the back country wheeling and dealing for "dead souls"-deceased serfs who still represent money to anyone sharp enough to trade in them-we are introduced to a Dickensian cast of peasants,landowners,and conniving petty officials,few of whom can resist the seductive illogic of Chichikov's proposition. This lively,idiomatic English version by the award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky makes accessible the full extent of the novel's lyricism,sulphurous humour,and delight in human oddity and error.
Publisher: EverymanISBN: 9781857152807Number of pages: 480Weight: 591 gDimensions: 212 x 135 x 30 mm
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