Dead Souls
$39.56
- Hardcover
480 pages
- Release Date
15 October 2004
Summary
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 cas…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781857152807 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1857152808 |
| Author: | Nikolai Gogol, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky |
| Publisher: | Everyman |
| Imprint: | Everyman's Library |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 15 October 2004 |
| Weight: | 592g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 133mm x 31mm |
| Series: | Everyman's Library CLASSICS |
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About The Author
Nikolai Gogol
Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky are known for their highly-acclaimed translations of Dostoevsky, Gogol and Tolstoy. Their translation of The Brothers Karamazov won America’s prestigious PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Prize.
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