Rayfield, Donald
Dead Souls (Alma Classics Evergreens)
- ISBN 13:
- 9781847496287
- author:
- Rayfield, Donald
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Alma Classics
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2017
- Pages:
- 368
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.8 centimetres (0.30 kg
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Classics, ,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 4 working days
Description
A mysterious stranger arrives in a small provincial town, making unusual and macabre propositions to the local landowners. He offers to buy the rights to the dead serfs still registered on their estates, reducing their liability for taxes. Chichikov's true intentions are unclear, and his strange behaviour arouses suspicion among the townspeople. Despite his attempts to ingratiate himself, Chichikov's actions are seen as a biting satire of social pretensions and pomposity. His unflinching depiction of venality in Russian society is a lasting tribute to Gogol's comic genius. Published in 1842, Dead Souls remains a brilliant and humorous novel that offers a scathing critique of the social conventions of 19th-century Russia.
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