Nikolai Gogol: Dead Souls (2017)
ISBN: 9781847496287
Nikolai Gogol: Dead Souls (2017)
ISBN: 9781847496287
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A mysterious stranger named Chichikov arrives in a small provincial Russian town and proceeds to visit a succession of landowners, making each of them an unusual and somewhat macabre proposition.
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ISBN
9781847496287
Author
Nikolai Gogol
Pages
368
Binding
Soft cover
Publisher
ALMA BOOKS
Date of publication
2017
Format
Book
Language
English
He offers to buy the rights to the dead serfs who are still registered on the landowner's estate, thus reducing their liability for taxes. It is not clear what Chichikov's intentions are with the dead serfs he is purchasing, and despite his attempts to ingratiate himself, his strange behaviour arouses the suspicions of everyone in the town.
