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Dead Souls
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ISBN-13:
9781847496287
Veröffentl:
2017
Erscheinungsdatum:
25.05.2017
Seiten:
368
Autor:
Nikolai Gogol
Gewicht:
302 g
Format:
198x126x27 mm
Serie:
Alma Classics Evergreens
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852) won fame as a short story writer, and in 1836, his satirical comedy The Government Inspector created such a furore that Gogol left Russia to settle in Rome, in self-imposed exile. Religious mania in his later years contributed to his early death in Moscow.
One of the most unusual works of nineteenth-century fiction and a poignant satire on social hypocrisy. Here presented in a brand new translation by Donald Rayfield. A perfect companion to Petersburg Tales. Both books are part of Alma Classics' Evergreen series.
Fully annotated edition
A mysterious stranger named Chichikov arrives in a small provincial Russian town andproceeds to visit a succession of landowners, making each of them an unusual andsomewhat macabre proposition. He offers to buy the rights to the dead serfs who arestill registered on the landowner's estate, thus reducing their liability for taxes. It is notclear what Chichikov's intentions are with the dead serfs he is purchasing, and despitehis attempts to ingratiate himself, his strange behaviour arouses the suspicions of everyonein the town.A biting satire of social pretensions and pomposity, Dead Souls has been reveredsince its original publication in 1842 as one of the funniest and most brilliant novels ofnineteenth-century Russia. Its unflinching and remorseless depiction of venality in Russiansociety is a lasting tribute to Gogol's comic genius.