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.
| ISBN: | 9781857152807 |
| Publication date: | 2nd September 2004 |
| Author: | Nikolai Gogol |
| Publisher: | Everyman |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 480 pages |
| Series: | Everyman's Library CLASSICS |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary Satirical fiction and parodies Narrative theme: Sense of place Fiction in translation |
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.
Dead Souls features in the following genres: Classic fiction: general and literary, Satirical fiction and parodies, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Fiction in translation
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Dead Souls was written by Nikolai Gogol and published by Everyman
Dead Souls has 480 pages
Yes it is part of Everyman's Library CLASSICS series
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