Dead Souls
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4,1 • Оценок: 21
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Dead Souls is Nikolai Gogol’s last novel, and follows the tale of Pavel Chichikov, a down-on-his-luck gentleman determined to improve his lot in life. The story charts his scheme to purchase dead souls—the titles of deceased serfs—from wealthy landowners.
The novel’s satirical take on the state of Russian society at the time leads Chichikov into increasingly difficult circumstances, in his attempts to cheat both the system and the cavalcade of townspeople he meets along the way.
Originally planned as a trilogy, Gogol apparently only completed the first two parts, and destroyed the latter half of the second part before his death. The novel as it stands ends in mid sentence but is regarded as complete.
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Witty satire but grows tiresome
Witty look at moral lapses of Russian society and middle aristocracy of the 19th century. But it grows tiresome after the first 50 pages or so, as neither plot nor characters develop much. Also, not sure if it just this translation, but writing is a bit labored.
Brilliant
One of the best, most fascinating novels I have ever read. Disturbing and deeply funny by turns.
So many missing pages!
Big chunks missing, so the story just stops and picks up in a completely different place. The book ends mid-sentence! Sad that so much of this book has gone missing. It paints a vivid picture of a Russian way of life.