| Dead Souls Contributor(s): Hogarth, D. J. (Translator), Cournos, John (Introduction by), Gogol, Nikolai Vasilievich (Author) |
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ISBN: 1502563517 ISBN-13: 9781502563514 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $12.83 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Political |
| Lexile Measure: 1080 |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (1.19 lbs) 370 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "However stupid a fools words may be, they are sometimes enough to confound an intelligent man." --- Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls Dead Souls is a novel by Nikolai Gogol, first published in 1842, and widely regarded as an exemplar of 19th-century Russian literature. The purpose of the novel was to demonstrate the flaws and faults of the Russian mentality and character. Gogol masterfully portrayed those defects through Paul Ivanovitch Chichikov (the main character) and the people whom he encounters in his endeavours. These people are typical of the Russian middle-class of the time. Gogol himself saw it as an "epic poem in prose", and within the book as a "novel in verse". Despite supposedly completing the trilogy's second part, Gogol destroyed it shortly before his death. Although the novel ends in mid-sentence (like Sterne's Sentimental Journey), it is usually regarded as complete in the extant form. |