Dead Soul

About This Novel

"Dead Souls" is a novel written by Russian writer Gogol. The novel describes Chichikov, a businessman who specializes in fraud, who came to a remote provincial city and became the guest of the local bureaucrats with his extravagant flattery. He also went to buy dead serfs from the landlords in an attempt to use them as collateral to buy and sell short and make huge profits. After the scandal was exposed, he fled. "Dead Souls" is the cornerstone of the development of Russian critical realist literature and the pinnacle of the development of Gogol's realist creation.

Official Sources

You Might Also Like

Reborn Female General

Qianshan Tea Guest

1.3M9.6