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Dead Souls – Nikolai Gogol (Emereo Original Classic Edition, Paperback)
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- “Gently used, clean pages, cover shows minor shelf wear (see photos).”
- Personalize
- No
- Type
- Novel
- Literary Movement
- Modernism
- Signed
- No
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Personalized
- No
- Original Language
- Russian
- Inscribed
- No
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9781486148295
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Emereo Pty The Limited
ISBN-10
1486148298
ISBN-13
9781486148295
eBay Product ID (ePID)
240283905
Product Key Features
Book Title
Dead Souls-The Original Classic Edition
Number of Pages
166 Pages
Language
English
Topic
General
Publication Year
2012
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.3 in
Item Weight
10.9 Oz
Item Length
9.7 in
Item Width
7.4 in
Additional Product Features
Synopsis
Nikolai Gogols Dead Soul launches the great Russian novel form with a satire, so apt and so funny, that the novel remains as one of the most popular Russian text ever. Gogols own personal life may have been a dire disaster, but as a novelist he stands next to only Tolstoy and Dostovesky, as short story writer only Chekov comes close to his fame, and mind you, he preceded them and their writing. He was, alongside Pushkin, one of the major early forces in Russian literary scene. Since all other major novelists from Russia have delved into tragedies and melodramas, going down to philosophical and religious questions, Dead Souls comes as a relief fun read, rather one of the funniest reads. In Dead Souls, he provides a cast of unforgettable and hilarious characters in episodes that leave you reeling with laughter. The hero or the anti-hero Chichikov or Tchichikov drives from town to town, buying dead souls i.e. dead peasants, assuring landowners that this will benefit them as they would pay less tax on their workforce. The tax was based on census numbers, and since many peasants died between two census years, landowners ended up paying taxes on people who didnt exist. Chichikovs brilliant idea was to collect a long list of (dead) peasants he had bought, and use that for getting a estate for himself. The novel tells us a story after story of his meeting his landowners and getting his purchase by a mix of tact, sweet talk, and so on, each purchase is full of absurd and funny details. Beyond the obvious laughters, the novel provides a very detailed description of Russia in early nineteenth century. The sketches of nature bring alive similes and metaphors that Gogol (who was a failed poet) uses remarkably well. While the observations related to people, customs, bureaucracy and Russia are full of brilliant wit, they in fact recreate a lively and throbbing world to us. The world as it was. The bureaucracy has not changed much since then. Nor have the quacks and hacks and cheats who make fortunes by buying and selling dubious things. Hence Dead Souls has this undying and translatable humor that will keep this book in publication forever. I would rank Dead Souls alongside Three Men in a Boat, Catch 22, A House for Mr Biswas and The Hitchhikers Guide to Galaxy as the novels that made me laugh the most. It has shades of Tolstoy in details it provides about rural life and rich landowners, shades of both Tolstoy and Dostovesky in pointing to certain moral issues (but that is at most an undertone) and maybe he was the one who influenced the style of his more famous successors. If you havent read Gogol, you definitely need to pick him next.
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- h***a (4)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseI love the book and it came in great condition. Even better than what I expected from the listing. It was the best price for the book that I had seen. The cover was prestien and beautiful. 100% what I wanted and 110% what I ordered. The seller also used very nice packaging that completely protected the book from any mishaps during shipping.
- 8***_ (250)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseCool seller. Item as described. Shipped fast. Packaged well. Seller gifted me Metal Forces issue#6 at no extra charge. Thank you for that. A+++.
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