Dead Souls - Softcover

Nikolai Gogol

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1535327634 ISBN 13: 9781535327633

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

Dead Souls is a novel by Nikolai Gogol, first published in 1842, and widely regarded as an exemplar of 19th-century Russian literature. The purpose of the novel was to demonstrate the flaws and faults of the Russian mentality and character. Gogol masterfully portrayed those defects through Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov (the main character) and the people whom he encounters in his endeavours. These people are typical of the Russian middle-class of the time. Gogol himself saw it as an "epic poem in prose", and within the book as a "novel in verse". Despite supposedly completing the trilogy's second part, Gogol destroyed it shortly before his death. Although the novel ends in mid-sentence (like Sterne's Sentimental Journey), it is usually regarded as complete in the extant form.

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About the Author:

Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (1809 – 1852) was a Ukrainian-born Russian dramatist, novelist and short story writer. He was religious and after returning from a pilgriamge in Jerusalem in 1848, he undertook exaggerated ascetic practices, worsening his health and sending him into a depression. On the night of 24 February 1852, he burned some of his manuscripts, which contained most of the second part of Dead Souls. Soon after, he took to bed, refused all food, and died in great pain nine days later.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1535327634
• ISBN 13: 9781535327633
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128