01758cam a22003733u 4500 1081 UtSlPG 20260610133040.0 m cr n 260607r1997||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PG Gogol, Nikolai Vasilevich, 1809-1852 Mertvye dushi. English Dead Souls Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 1997 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Souls Release date is 1997-10-01 John Bickers, and David Widger "Dead Souls" by Nikolai Gogol is a novel first published in 1842. It follows Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov, a mysterious gentleman who arrives in a small Russian town with a peculiar scheme: to purchase "dead souls"—serfs who have died but still exist on paper for tax purposes. As he charms local officials and landowners, his bizarre transactions raise suspicions. Through absurd satire, Gogol exposes the moral rot and social dysfunction of Russia's middle aristocracy, creating unforgettable caricatures of greed, pretension, and vulgarity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Satire Humorous stories Russia -- Social life and customs -- 1533-1917 -- Fiction Swindlers and swindling -- Russia -- Fiction Hogarth, D. J. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1081 43197 43197