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死魂灵，钦差大臣（世界文学名著全译本）
(russian) Gogol
This book is a collection of masterpieces by Russian satirist Gogol. "Dead Souls" is "an epoch-making masterpiece in the Russian literary world". The novel describes a speculative liar, the sixth-level civil servant Chichikov, who came up with a scheme of buying and selling short and plundering in order to make a fortune. He bought dead serfs who had not been written off the serf list at a low price. He used immigration as an excuse to apply for unclaimed wasteland from the country, and then mortgaged the acquired land and the list of dead serfs to the government to make a profit. "The Imperial Envoy" tells the story of a playboy, Khlesdakov, who loses everything in a bet. When he is unable to do anything, he passes through a city in another province from Petersburg. He is mistaken for the "Imperial Envoy", causing panic among the local officials and making many jokes. "Nose" and "Coat" show the tragedy of "little people" living under an authoritarian system.
This book is a collection of masterpieces by Russian satirist Gogol. "Dead Souls" is "an epoch-making masterpiece in the Russian literary world". The novel describes a speculative liar, the sixth-level civil servant Chichikov, who came up with a scheme of buying and selling short and plundering in order to make a fortune. He bought dead serfs who had not been written off the serf list at a low price. He used immigration as an excuse to apply for unclaimed wasteland from the country, and then mortgaged the acquired land and the list of dead serfs to the government to make a profit. "The Imperial Envoy" tells the story of a playboy, Khlesdakov, who loses everything in a bet. When he is unable to do anything, he passes through a city in another province from Petersburg. He is mistaken for the "Imperial Envoy", causing panic among the local officials and making many jokes. "Nose" and "Coat" show the tragedy of "little people" living under an authoritarian system.