Dead souls
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Author
Contributions
- Hogarth, C. J. tr. - Contributor
Publication
1931 - J.M. Dent & sons, ltd., London, England
Language
English
Word Count
81,000 words, Guess
Page Count
324 pages
Identifiers
- LibraryThing9964
- Library of Congress Control Number37030959
- OCLC Control Number8201051
- Open LibraryOL6360981M
Classifications
- LCCAC1 .E8 no. 726
Description
Dead Souls is a socially critical black comedy. Set in Russia before the emancipation of serfs in 1861, the "dead souls" are dead serfs still being counted by landowners as property, as well as referring to the landowners' morality. Through surreal and often dark comedy, Gogol criticizes Russian society after the Napoleonic Wars. He intended to also offer solutions to the problems he satirized, but died before he ever completed the second part of what was intended to be a trilogy. The work famously ends mid-sentence.
Subjects
Series Statement
- Everyman's library, ed. by Ernest Rhys. Fiction. [no. 726]
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