Dead Soul
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The novel describes the story of Chichikov, a speculative liar who buys and sells dead souls. Chichikov came to a certain city and went to the outskirts of the city to buy dead serfs from landowners who had not yet canceled their household registration, and planned to mortgage them as living serfs to the supervisory committee to defraud them of large deposits. He visited one landowner after another and after fierce bargaining, bought a large number of dead souls. When he happily and quickly completed the legal purchase and sale procedures with the help of the connections he had already established, his criminal activities were exposed. The prosecutor was frightened to death by the rumors, and Chichikov had to escape in a hurry.
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