Dead Souls

Dead Souls follows the cunning and enigmatic Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov as he travels through the Russian countryside with a bizarre and audacious scheme: to buy up the "dead souls" of deceased serfs from landowners. Gogol's satirical masterpiece offers a biting and humorous commentary on the social and moral decay of 19th-century Russia, populated by a cast of eccentric and unforgettable characters. Though unfinished, it remains a profound and influential work of Russian literature.