Dead Souls

Description

Dead Souls is a socially critical black comedy. Set in Russia before the emancipation of serfs in 1861, the "dead souls" are dead serfs still being counted by landowners as property, as well as referring to the landowners' morality. Through surreal and often dark comedy, Gogol criticizes Russian society after the Napoleonic Wars. He intended to also offer solutions to the problems he satirized, but died before he ever completed the second part of what was intended to be a trilogy. The work famously ends mid-sentence.

Description

Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol, born at Sorochintsky, Russia, on 31st March 1809. Obtained government post at St. Petersburg and later an appointment at the university. Lived in Rome from 1836 to 1848. Died on 21st February 1852.

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Other Editions

• Dead SoulseBookeBooksLib2005-01-01
• Dead SoulsOxford University Press, USA1998-09-11
• Dead SoulsPaperbackInternational Thomson Publishing2000-01-01
• Dead SoulsInternational Thomson Publishing2000-01-01
• Dead SoulsHardcoverWildside Press2003-03-01
• Dead SoulsPaperbackWildside Press2003-09-01