Since its publication in 1842, Dead Souls has been celebrated as a supremely realistic portrait of provincial Russian life. 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), and 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. Although the novel ends in mid-sentence, it is usually regarded as complete in the extant form.
Find it on
AmazonReviews
No videos available yet.
News
No news articles linked to this title yet.
- Release Date 08/23/2021
- Author Nikolai Gogol
- Language English
- Company Independently published
- Weight 1.49 pounds
- Dimensions 6 x 1.15 x 9 inches
Dead Souls Annotated Ratings
Overall
Overall rating of the media
Atmosphere
How immersive and tense is the atmosphere
Gore
Level and quality of gore/violence
Story
Quality of the storyline and plot
Writing
Quality of the written content
Character Development
Depth and growth of characters
Pacing
Flow and timing of the narrative