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MP3 CD Format Gogol's great Russian classic is the Pickwick Papers of Russian literature. It takes a sharp but humorous look at life in all its strata, but especially the devious complexities in Russia with its landowners and serfs.We are introduced to Tchitchikov, a businessman who, in order to trick the tax authorities, buys up dead souls' or serfs whose names still appear on the government census. Despite being a dealer in phantom crimes and paper ghosts, he is the most beguiling of Gogol's characters. Gogol's obsession with attempting to display the untold riches of the Russian soul' eventually led him to madness, religious mania, and death.Dismissed by him as merely a pale introduction to the great epic poem which is taking shape in my mind,' Dead Souls is the culmination of Gogol's genius.

Excerpt from Dead Souls, Vol. 1: A Poem by Nikolai GogolThe influence of Gogol may be traced in all the great writers that came after him. His realism, his humanity and irony, his 'laughter through tears have given to all that is best in Russian litera ture its distinctive character.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Gogol's great Russian classic is the Pickwick Papers of Russian literature. It takes a sharp but humorous look at life in all its strata but especially the devious complexities in Russia, with its landowners and serfs. We are introduced to Chichikov, a businessman who, in order to trick the tax authorities, buys up dead 'souls', or serfs, whose names still appear on the government census. Despite being a dealer in phantom crimes and paper ghosts, he is the most beguiling of Gogol's characters. Gogol's obsession with attempting to display 'the untold riches of the Russian soul' eventually led him to madness, religious mania, and death. Dismissed by him as merely 'a pale introduction to the great epic poem which is taking shape in my mind', Dead Souls is the culmination of Gogol's genius. Translator: Constance Garnett.

Gogol's great Russian classic is the Pickwick Papers of Russian literature. It takes a sharp but humorous look at life in all its strata, but especially the devious complexities in Russia with its landowners and serfs.We are introduced to Tchitchikov, a businessman who, in order to trick the tax authorities, buys up dead souls' or serfs whose names still appear on the government census. Despite being a dealer in phantom crimes and paper ghosts, he is the most beguiling of Gogol's characters. Gogol's obsession with attempting to display the untold riches of the Russian soul' eventually led him to madness, religious mania, and death.Dismissed by him as merely a pale introduction to the great epic poem which is taking shape in my mind,' Dead Souls is the culmination of Gogol's genius.

Gogol’s great Russian classic is the Pickwick Papers of Russian literature. It takes a sharp but humorous look at life in all its strata, but especially the devious complexities in Russia with its landowners and serfs.We are introduced to Tchitchikov, a businessman who, in order to trick the tax authorities, buys up dead ‘souls’ or serfs whose names still appear on the government census. Despite being a dealer in phantom crimes and paper ghosts, he is the most beguiling of Gogol’s characters. Gogol’s obsession with attempting to display ‘the untold riches of the Russian soul’ eventually led him to madness, religious mania, and death.Dismissed by him as merely ‘a pale introduction to the great epic poem which is taking shape in my mind,’ Dead Souls is the culmination of Gogol’s genius.