| Dead Souls Lib/E Contributor(s): Gogol, Nikolai (Author), Garnett, Constance (Translator), Boulton, Nicholas (Read by) |
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ISBN: 109401561X ISBN-13: 9781094015613 Publisher: Naxos OUR PRICE: $53.99 Product Type: Compact Disc Published: May 2020 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
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| Publisher Description: Gogol's great Russian classic is the Pickwick Papers of Russian literature. It takes a sharp but humorous look at life in all its strata, but especially the devious complexities in Russia with its landowners and serfs. We are introduced to Tchitchikov, a businessman who, in order to trick the tax authorities, buys up dead 'souls' or serfs whose names still appear on the government census. Despite being a dealer in phantom crimes and paper ghosts, he is the most beguiling of Gogol's characters. Gogol's obsession with attempting to display 'the untold riches of the Russian soul' eventually led him to madness, religious mania, and death. Dismissed by him as merely 'a pale introduction to the great epic poem which is taking shape in my mind, ' Dead Souls is the culmination of Gogol's genius. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gogol, Nikolai: - Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852) was a preeminent Ukrainian-born author. He is particularly famous for those stories which veer in the direction of surrealism and the grotesque. Garnett, Constance: -Constance Garnett (1862-1946) translated the works of numerous Russian authors, including Tolstoy, Gogol, Pushkin, and Turgenev. Boulton, Nicholas: -Nicholas Boulton, actor and winner of nine Earphones Awards for narration, studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, winning the BBC Carleton Hobbs Award for Radio in 1993. Since then he has been heard in numerous productions for BBC Radio 4 and the World Service. He has appeared in films such as Shakespeare in Love and Topsy Turvy. Theater credits include Platonov for the Almeida, Henry V for the Royal Shakespeare Company, and Arcadia for the Theatre Royal Haymarket. |