| Dead Souls Contributor(s): Hogarth, D. J. (Translator), Sir Angels (Editor), Nikolai, Gogol (Author) |
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ISBN: 1544869622 ISBN-13: 9781544869629 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $12.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.91 lbs) 306 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The first part of the novel was intended to represent a modern-day Inferno of the Divine Comedy. citation needed] Gogol reveals to his readers an encompassing picture of the ailing social system in Russia after the war of 1812. As in many of Gogol's short stories, the social criticism of Dead Souls is communicated primarily through absurd and hilarious satire. Unlike the short stories, however, Dead Souls was meant to offer solutions rather than simply point out problems. This grander scheme was largely unrealized at Gogol's death; the work was never completed, and it is primarily the earlier, darker part of the novel that is remembered. |