false <![CDATA[Dead Souls]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167946416m/28381.jpg 28381 116 Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in the provincial town of ‘N’, 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. In this ebullient masterpiece, 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. Gogol's tale of a dismissed civil servant turned unscrupulous confidence man is the most essentially Russian of all the great novels in Russian literature. With its rich and ebullient language, ironic twists, and cast of comedic characters, Dead Souls (1842) stands as one of the most dazzling and poetic masterpieces of the nineteenth century. This brilliant new translation by Christopher English is complemented by a superb introductory essay by the pre-eminent Gogol scholar, Robert Maguire. 1001298 book 1842 Dead Souls total:2642|5:904|4:1011|3:575|2:121|1:31| 2642 10562 4597 288 4 6 false false Wed Jan 28 13:08:52 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 13:16:53 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 3 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 20 19:44:04 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 25 14:18:28 -0700 2007 Particular attention here is laid on class relations, including between...more...]]> 5 3 false false Fri Dec 28 11:08:37 -0800 2007 Mon Jan 07 19:38:21 -0800 2008
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A satirical depiction of 19th century Russian society, including many hilarious character studies. There’s a great portrait of a miser, a pathological liar, and a glutton. The hero of the novel travels about buying up dead serfs while sleazily and bullheadedly...more...]]> 0 1 false false Wed Aug 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 23:49:37 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 08:26:45 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Oct 05 01:13:54 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 01:36:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 05 20:47:48 -0800 2008 Wed Apr 16 17:10:14 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Tue Sep 01 14:36:20 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 14:37:17 -0700 2009
Dead Souls is a major classic that cannot be recommended enough. Gogol immerses the reader in the Russian landscape, the Russian spirit and a peculiar bunch of Russian characters. This book is more than a l...more...]]> 3 1 false true Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 13:10:58 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 05:58:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Feb 22 22:23:39 -0800 2009 Wed Apr 15 02:20:42 -0700 2009 5 0 false true Tue May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 10:31:32 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 18:50:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Oct 17 08:28:30 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 07:45:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Dec 14 14:57:18 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 15:00:15 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Dec 03 15:10:44 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 17:31:38 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=28381