Gogol, Nikolai Vasilevich 1809-1852 creator Buek, Otto 1873-1966 Buek, Otto 1873-1966 Bugow, S. Spiro, Mario 1883-1960 text utu 2017 monographic de 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Die Abenteuer Tschitschikows oder Die toten Seelen II" by Gogol is a novel published in 1842. The protagonist, Tschitschikow, devises a cunning scheme to acquire wealth by purchasing "dead souls"—deceased serfs still listed on official registers. He travels through provincial Russia, negotiating with various eccentric landowners to buy these phantom peasants, planning to use them as collateral for state loans. Gogol's satirical masterwork exposes the corruption and absurdities of Russian aristocratic society through Tschitschikow's morally dubious adventures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Die Abenteuer des Grafen Tschitschikows oder die Toten Seelen. Zweiter Teil -- Der Mantel -- Die Nase -- Das Porträt. Wikipedia page about this book: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_toten_Seelen Release date is 2017-03-01 Produced by Jens Sadowski and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library. Original publication data not identified Satire Humorous stories Russia -- Social life and customs -- 1533-1917 -- Fiction Swindlers and swindling -- Russia -- Fiction PG Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54263 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54263 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134242.0 54263