Name: Dead Souls (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)
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Author: Nikolái Gogol
ISBN: 9781957240619

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Dead Souls (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Nikolái Gogol

Translated by

C. J. Hogarth

Publisher

Warbler Press Inc.

Language

English

Pages

283

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9x15.2x1.6 cm

Weight

0.42 kg.

ISBN13

9781957240619

Synopsis "Dead Souls (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition) "

Dead Souls charts the nefarious dealings of Chichikov, a member of the middle aristocracy in a time when serfs were considered the property of landowners, who could buy, sell, or mortgage them. Chichikov concocts a scheme to purchase ownership of deceased male serfs in order to create an illusion of increased wealth against which he intends to borrow. A master of the absurd with a gift for hilarious satire, in Dead Souls Gogol offers a wildly entertaining tale that simultaneously excoriates the ailing social system of his day. Originally intended as a three-volume work styled after Dante's Divine Comedy, Gogol burned much of volume two. The novel, nonetheless, is considered by many to be a finished work and Gogol's masterpiece. This unique Warbler Press edition includes an extensive biographical timeline.

Nikolái Gogol

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Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol was born in 1809, in present-day Ukraine, and died in Moscow in 1852. He moved to Saint Petersburg in 1828, and after overcoming some setbacks, he entered the literary circles of that city in 1831. His humor, the treatment of themes, the use of language, and stylistic devices left deep marks and set a precedent.
The work of Nikolai Gogol, considered by many critics as the father of Russian realism, laid the foundations for what would be the Golden Age of Russian literature. Dostoevsky, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Chekhov in the 19th century, as well as Zamyatin, Bulgakov, and Nabokov in the 20th century, acknowledged their debt to this author.

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