Cover of Dead Souls

Dead Souls

Gogol| Nikolai

Nikolai Gogol's satirical masterpiece follows the charming swindler Chichikov as he travels through provincial Russia buying up 'dead souls' — deceased serfs still listed on tax rolls — from…

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divine intervention 147 moral corruption 56 dead souls 32 nineteenth-century provincial russian society 30 moral corruption through economic schemes 29 russian national character 29 exploitation of serfdom through financial maneuvering 27 satirical depiction of imperial bureaucracy 25 realist portraiture of social types 21 lady landowner 19 imperial bureaucracy 18 chichikov's arrival 17 financial maneuvering 11 russian national character and 'soul' 9 exploitation of serfdom 9 satirical depictions 8 social interaction 7 provincial russian society 6 financial transaction 6 public prosecutor 6 local council president 6 economic schemes 6 country house 6 appointment of a new governor-general 6 municipal offices 5 governor's daughter 5 deceased peasants 5 customs board 5 coachman selifan 5 civil service 5

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deceased peasants satirical depictions of chivalric romance civil service lady landowner customs board divine intervention coachman selifan moral corruption

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