Dead Souls
of Nikolai Gogol, Robert A. Maguire (Translator)
Description
Dead Souls is eloquent on some occasions, lyrical on others, and pious and reverent elsewhere. Nicolai Gogol was a master of the spoof. The American students of today are not the only readers who have been confused by him. Russian literary history records more divergent interpretations of Gogol than perhaps of any other classic.In a new translation of the comic classic of Russian literature, Chichikov, an enigmatic stranger and conniving schemer, buys deceased serfs' names from their landlords' poll tax lists hoping to mortgage them for profit and to reinvent himself as a likeable gentleman.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 464 pages
- Publisher Penguin Classics
- Publication Date July 29th 2004
- First Publication 10/28/42
- Language English
- ISBN 9780140448078
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['Russian Empire']
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