Dead Soul
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As soon as Gogol's "Dead Souls" came out, it immediately aroused heated debate. It used seemingly absurd stories to show the social scene of Russia at that time. Herzen and Belinsky both gave "Dead Souls" high praise and were hailed as the founders of the Natural School. The historical background of this story is: Russia relied on armed serfs to defeat Napoleon. After these serfs returned to Paris, they were naturally dissatisfied with their status as slaves, so Arakcheev organized the state-owned serfs into military camps to control them, while ordinary farmers took desperate risks and occupied the mountains to become kings. The author said that this was "a path that the Russians are accustomed to taking." The success of "Dead Souls" lies in gathering five landowners into a satirical model and pushing them to the judgment stand of history.
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